Associations to the word «Prohibitive»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
PROHIBITIVE, adjective. Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
PROHIBITIVE, adjective. Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
PROHIBITIVE, noun. (linguistics) negative imperative
PROHIBITIVE MOOD, noun. (grammar) The negative imperative mood.
Dictionary definition
PROHIBITIVE, adjective. Tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.