forbidders
People who disallow
Forbidders are those who forbid—people or entities that prohibit, ban, or refuse permission.
The term appears in discussions of authority and restriction: The forbidders of free speech rarely see themselves as censors.
It's uncommon outside formal or rhetorical contexts.
Those who expel others
- vetoersThose who reject proposals
- blockersThings that obstruct
- deniersThose who reject claims
- suppressorsDevices that reduce intensity
opposers · rejectors · excluders · inhibitors · interdictors · refusers · repressors · revokers
Military authority figures
- dictatorsRulers with total control
- autocratsRulers with unchecked power
- despotsOppressive absolute rulers
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
sovereigns · magistrates · executives · governors · monarchs · overlords · rulers · legislators
Imposing limits upon
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- curbingLimiting or restraining
- restrainingHolding something back
- inhibitingPreventing or slowing action
repressing · stifling · confining · hampering · hindering · impeding · binding · deterring
Officially prohibiting something
- vetoingFormally refusing approval
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- denyingRefusing to acknowledge
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
excluding · disallowing · interdicting · refusing · revoking · nullifying · quashing · censoring
banishers
Those who expel others
suppressors · opposers · rejectors · excluders · inhibitors · interdictors · refusers · repressors · revokers · nullifiers
commanders
Military authority figures
- dictatorsRulers with total control
- autocratsRulers with unchecked power
- despotsOppressive absolute rulers
tyrants · sovereigns · magistrates · executives · governors · monarchs · overlords · rulers · legislators · judges
constraining
Imposing limits upon
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- curbingLimiting or restraining
- restrainingHolding something back
inhibiting · repressing · stifling · confining · hampering · hindering · impeding · binding · deterring · regulating
banning
Officially prohibiting something
suppressing · excluding · disallowing · interdicting · refusing · revoking · nullifying · quashing · censoring · proscribing
forbiddersauthorizers
Those who officially approve
enablers · sanctioners · approvers · licensers · consenters
forbiddersencouragers
Those who give support
enablers · promoters · advocates · supporters · champions
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
- forbidden loveRomance society prohibits
- forbidden knowledgeDangerous truths deliberately hidden
- forbidden zoneArea entry is prohibited
- forbidden booksPublications prohibited by authority
- forbidden groundArea one must avoid