prohibitor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /proʊˈhɪbɪtɚ/ UK /prəˈhɪbɪtə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person or thing that forbids or prevents something

The law acted as a prohibitor of unlicensed trade.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or thing that... preventerforbidderrestrainerbarrier inhibitor deterrent

Opposites

enablerpermitterfacilitator

Word family

Related forms prohibit prohibition prohibitive prohibitory

Etymology

From Latin prohibitor ('one who forbids'), from prohibere ('to hold back, forbid'), from pro- ('away') + habere ('to hold').

prohibitor Latin habere Latin *gʰabʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# prohibitor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /proʊˈhɪbɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /prəˈhɪbɪtə/

## Meanings
1. a person or thing that forbids or prevents something

## Examples
- The law acted as a prohibitor of unlicensed trade.

## Synonyms
- preventer
- forbidder
- restrainer
- barrier
- inhibitor
- deterrent

## Antonyms
- enabler
- permitter
- facilitator

## Related Forms
- prohibit
- prohibition
- prohibitive
- prohibitory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prohibitor
- Root: habere
- Root: *gʰabʰ-

## Etymology
From Latin prohibitor ('one who forbids'), from prohibere ('to hold back, forbid'), from pro- ('away') + habere ('to hold').

## AI Etymology
Prohibitor is from Latin prohibitor ('one who forbids'), from prohibere ('to hold back, forbid'), from pro- ('away') + habere ('to hold'). Important recorded forms include prohibitor (Latin), habere (Latin), and *gʰabʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person or thing that forbids or prevents something. The wider family includes related words such as prohibit, prohibition, prohibitive, and prohibitory.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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