Synonyms for prohibitive
proʊˈhɪb ɪ tɪvpro·hib·i·tive

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1. prohibitive, prohibitoryadjective

   tending to discourage (especially of prices)

   "the price was prohibitive"

   Synonyms:
   prohibitory

   Antonyms:
   permissive

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1. prohibitiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   PROHIBITORY

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1. List of paraphrases for "prohibitive":

   unaffordable, exorbitant, insurmountable

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1. Aaron Sydow:

   We looked at other options such as having a resource officer here fulltime but they were all cost prohibitive, we decided to go ahead with the program and now we love it and stand by it.

2. Parmigiano Reggiano:

   There are going to be some items ... that the supermarkets are just not going to handle anymore. It'll be price prohibitive for that.

3. Paul Murphy from IndigoVision:

   Only in the last two years has it become affordable and reliable, the cost has been prohibitive until recently and also the technology wasn't quite good enough.

4. Chief Financial Officer Krishnan Akhileswaran:

   Cost of real estate and construction in some locations has become so prohibitive that it makes sense for us to evaluate acquisitions.

5. Andrew Yang:

   The math says Joe is our prohibitive nominee. We need to bring the party together.