Link Centre Dictionary

prohibitive

pro·hi·bi·tive

UK/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/ US/proʊˈhɪbʌtɪv/ uncommon us

adjective

1.

tending to discourage (especially of prices)

  • “the price was prohibitive”
Synonyms
Similar

Origin

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

Phrases

  • prohibitive mood

Related words

Word family

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.