proscribed

1. 1.

   excluded from use or mention

   “forbidden fruit”

   “in our house dancing and playing cards were out”

   “a taboo subject”

   Synonymsforbiddenoutprohibitedtabootabuverboten

   Similarimpermissible

Other forms of proscribed

comparative

proscribedder·

superlative

proscribeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about proscribed

What does proscribed mean?

proscribed means "excluded from use or mention".

How many syllables are in proscribed?

proscribed has 2 syllables: pro-scribed. The stress falls on "scribed". In IPA it is /pɹoʊˈskɹaɪbd/.

What is another word for proscribed?

Close synonyms include forbidden, out, prohibited, taboo, tabu. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is proscribed a common word?

proscribed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with proscribed?

7 words rhyme with proscribed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.