Synonyms for taboo
təˈbu, tæ-taboo

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1. taboo, tabunoun

   a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

   Synonyms:
   tabu

   Antonyms:
   permissible, secular, allowable, profane

2. taboo, tabuadjective

   an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

   Synonyms:
   tabu

   Antonyms:
   allowable, profane, permissible, secular

3. forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verbotenadjective

   excluded from use or mention

   "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

   Antonyms:
   secular, permissible, profane, allowable

4. taboo, tabuverb

   forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

   Synonyms:
   verboten, prohibited, tabu, proscribed, out(p), forbidden

   Antonyms:
   permissible, allowable, secular, profane

5. tabooverb

   declare as sacred and forbidden

   Antonyms:
   profane, permissible, allowable, secular

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1. • Restrict

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1. taboonoun

   Synonyms:
   interdict, prohibition

2. tabooverb

   Synonyms:
   interdict, forbid, prohibit, put under taboo, put under an interdict, forbid to be used or touched

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1. tabooadjective

   Synonyms:
   prohibited, forbidden, interdicted, proscribed

2. taboonoun

   Synonyms:
   interdiction, prohibition, proscription

3. tabooverb

   Synonyms:
   interdict, prohibit, proscribe

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1. List of paraphrases for "taboo":

   no-no

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1. List of known nicknames for "Taboo":

   Jaime Luis Gomez, Jaime Gomez, Taboo Nawasha, Taboo the rapper, Jim Luis Angryfoot, Jaime Luis Gómez, The Black Eyed Peas, Black Eyed Peas

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1. Lesley Manville:

   I don’t think it’s taboo, i think what’s happening, been happening in England and I suspect in the States as well, is that companies and distributors and people who make money out of television and films, are seeing that there is a huge audience that wants to see material that doesn’t alienate them, but makes them feel that they’re watching something they can relate to. And therefore, you have to [recognize] the show spectrum of society and not just focus on beautiful people who are under 35.

2. Frances Bean:

   It's taboo ... despite the fact that it is present in our society every single day. And I think that in Europe it is a little less taboo, I think in America it is very, very frowned upon.

3. Frances Bean:

   There is an association that is shameful and it shouldn't be, it's taboo ... despite the fact that it is present in our society every single day. And I think that in Europe it is a little less taboo, I think in America it is very, very frowned upon.

4. Stephanie Pitney:

   We tell adolescent girls what's going to happen, why don't we tell 45-year-old women what's going to happen ? Why is it still taboo to talk about ?

5. Byron Donalds:

   They don't reflect the views of law-abiding gun owners. That's the problem, they reflect a viewpoint that's largely held in urban corridors where gun ownership is taboo… And so I think what we have really found in this whole scenario is the media does a terrible job actually covering it, because their worldview with respect to gun ownership is not ‘in the mainstream.’.