do not enter
Trespassers turn back
Do not enter is a traffic directive prohibiting passage, appearing on signs at road exits, restricted areas, or dangerous zones.
The phrase functions as a warning that proceeding would be illegal, unsafe, or both: The do-not-enter sign was partially obscured by branches.
Extended to any forbidden territory: His past was clearly marked do not enter.
- stop signRoadside traffic directive
- warning signIndicator of potential danger
- red lightTraffic control meaning halt
- restricted areaSpace with controlled entry
- no trespassingPosted boundary warning
road closed · one-way street · danger zone · crime scene tape · dead end · off-limits · exclusion zone · private property · wrong way · restricted access · staff only · roadblock · keep out · forbidden · detour · turn back · yield sign · velvet rope
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, off-limits, taboo subject
- safety alertswarning sign, caution sign, danger sign, hazard sign, warning light
- safety signswarning sign, warning signs, danger sign, caution sign, warning labels
- traffic signsstop signs, stop sign, yield signs, yield sign, speed limit signs
- transit signsstop sign, bus stop sign, yield sign, road sign, road signs
- signsstop sign, sign, signs, road sign, exit
do not enterenter
Pass into a space
come in · welcome · open · welcome mat · all are welcome
do not enterwelcome
Hospitable greeting offered
welcome mat · come on in · make yourself at home · open house · open arms
does, done, doing, doer, doers, undone, undoing, redone, redoing