prohibitive - 5 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | prohibitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restrictive; beyond one's |
| Synonyms: | excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, forbidding, high-priced, preposterous, restraining, steep*, financial means conditional, limiting, preventing, prohibiting, proscriptive, repressive, sky-high, suppressive |
| Antonyms: | reasonable, unlimited, unrestrictive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, clannish, classy, closed, complete, confined, country club, elegant, entire, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, sole, total, undivided, unique, whole, circumscribed, cliquish, discriminative, exclusionary, exclusory, socially correct, swank, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | difficult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard on someone; hard to do |
| Synonyms: | Gargantuan*, Herculean*, ambitious, arduous, bothersome, burdensome, crucial, demanding, exacting, formidable, galling, heavy, immense, intricate, irritating, labored, laborious, onerous, operose, painful, problem, problematic, prohibitive, rigid, severe, stiff, strenuous, titanic, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, unyielding, uphill, wearisome, backbreaker, challenging, difficile, easier said than done, effortful, hard-won, no picnic, not easy, upstream |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, free, manageable, plain, simple, uncomplicated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restrictive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | contrary |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, confining, opposed, prohibitive, prohibitory |
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| Main Entry: | prohibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
contraband, exclusive, forbidding, illegal, not permitted, not to be thought of, prohibited, prohibitive, prohibitory, proscriptive, restrictive, unauthorized, under the ban of, unlicensed, vetitive
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