English Explanatory Dictionary

prohibitive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
  2. Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.
  3. Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
  4. Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.
noun
  1. A negative imperative.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/ en-us-prohibitive.ogg

Word forms

prohibitive more prohibitive most prohibitive prohibitives

Etymology

From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.

Synonyms

extortionate

Derived words

cost-prohibitive nonprohibitive prohibitively prohibitive mood prohibitiveness unprohibitive
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