banned
Not allowed anymore
Banned means officially prohibited or forbidden.
A banned substance is one that authorities have declared illegal to use or possess.
A banned book has been removed from libraries or schools.
Someone who is banned from a place or activity has been formally excluded: He was banned from the stadium for fighting.
The word implies an official prohibition rather than informal disapproval.
Officially not permitted
- outlawedForbidden by law
- illegalForbidden by statute
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
- illicitProhibited by law
barred · disallowed · interdicted · proscribed · contraband · unauthorized · embargoed · injunction
Not allowed
- verbotenProhibited by authority
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- off-limitsProhibited from access
anathema · stigmatized · frowned upon · unacceptable · disapproved · scandalous · shameful · profane
Cultural or social prohibition
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- blacklistedFormally excluded or barred
- excludedShut out, denied entry
outcast · pariah · persona non grata · unwelcome · rejected · exiled · expelled · banished
Suppressed from publication
- suppressedForcibly held down
- redactedOfficially removed from view
- expurgatedRemoved objectionable material
- bowdlerizedEdited out indecencies
silenced · stifled · gagged · restricted · controlled · scrubbed · removed · deleted
prohibited
Officially not permitted
illicit · barred · disallowed · interdicted · proscribed · contraband · unauthorized · embargoed · injunction · sanctioned
forbidden
Not allowed
- verbotenProhibited by authority
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
off-limits · anathema · stigmatized · frowned upon · unacceptable · disapproved · scandalous · shameful · profane · sacrilegious
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- blacklistedFormally excluded or barred
excluded · outcast · pariah · persona non grata · unwelcome · rejected · exiled · expelled · banished · excommunicated
censored
Suppressed from publication
- suppressedForcibly held down
- redactedOfficially removed from view
- expurgatedRemoved objectionable material
bowdlerized · silenced · stifled · gagged · restricted · controlled · scrubbed · removed · deleted · blocked
- competitor statusactive, inactive, retired, current, former
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, not allowed, off-limits, taboo subject
- hand rhymesband, brand, sand, land, stand
- prohibitionsforbid, prohibition, forbidden, prohibit, outlawing
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- unacceptableunacceptable, inappropriate, improper, wrong, forbidden
bannedacceptable
Meeting minimum standards
accepted · approved · welcomed · embraced · celebrated
bannedavailable
Ready to be used
accessible · unrestricted · permitted · open · unblocked
- banned booksLiterature officially prohibited
- book banningProhibiting access to texts
- banned substancesMaterials forbidden by law
- shadow banningCovert visibility restriction online
- shadow bannedSecretly hidden from others
- banned filmsMovies prohibited from screening