forbid

/fɚbˈɪd/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. command against
   “I forbid you to call me late at night”
2. keep from happening or arising; make impossible
   “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”

Synonyms for forbid

• prohibit
• interdict
• proscribe
• veto
• disallow
• nix
• prevent
• forestall
• foreclose
• preclude

Antonyms of forbid

• permit

Words that rhyme with forbid

• bid
• kid
• skid
• grid
• id
• lid
• quid
• underbid
• outbid
• squid
• eyelid
• katydid
• mid
• rid
• adid
• amid
• counterbid
• cyd
• debited
• did
• goldschmid
• grandkid
• hid
• ihde
• kidde
• majid
• outdid
• overdid
• rebid
• redid