The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word BAN , but the solution may also be BAR which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Forbid crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BAN | 55 % | 3 |
| BAR | 10 % | 3 |
| VETO | 9 % | 4 |
| ENJOIN | 5 % | 6 |
| DENY | 5 % | 4 |
| TABU | 5 % | 4 |
| INTERDICT | 2 % | 9 |
| ENBAR | 2 % | 5 |
| NIX | 1 % | 3 |
| SAYNO | 1 % | 5 |
| OUTLAW | 1 % | 6 |
| PROHIBIT | 1 % | 8 |
| TABOO | 1 % | 5 |
| DEBAR | 1 % | 5 |
Why may BAR be the right solution?
"BAR" is a synonym for "forbid," meaning to prohibit or prevent. In this case, "bar" is used in the sense of excluding or preventing someone from doing something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Forbid
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- proscribe
- prohibit
- veto
- disallow
- preclude
- prevent
- forestall
- foreclose
- interdict
- banning
- deny
- prohibition
Crossword Answer definitions
BAN noun- Prohibition.
- A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
- The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
- A curse or anathema.
- A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
- To summon; to call out.
- To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
- To curse; to execrate.
- To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
- A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
- A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BAN
- Prohibit
- Prohibition
- Forbid
- Outlaw
- Proscribe
- Taboo
- Big soda ___ (failed Bloombergian initiative)
- -
- Disallow
- Uncompromising law
More clues leading to the result BAR
- Kind of code
- Milky Way unit
- Prevent
- Refuse admission to
- Serving counter
- Soap unit
- Word in many ranch names
- Word with roll or salad
- Close off
- Exclude
More clues leading to the result VETO
- Executive turndown
- Line-item ____
- Literally, "I forbid"
- Pocket item?
- Line-item __
- Kill a bill
- Reject
- Put the kibosh on
- Bill cancellation
- Break up a bill?
More clues leading to the result ENJOIN
- Forbid
- Order emphatically
- Command
- Prescribe with authority
- Prohibit legally
- Urge, or prohibit
- Restrain by judicial order
- Refuse to allow, legally
- Prohibit
- Legally forbid
More clues leading to the result DENY
- Just say no
- Refuse to believe
- Say it isn't so
- Turn down
- Gainsay
- Refuse to accept
- Refute
- Reject as false
- Repudiate
- Say (it) isn't so
More clues leading to the result TABU
- Popular cologne
- Forbidden
- No-no
- Palm Beach eatery
- Absolute no-no
- Forbidden: Var.
- Verboten
- Fragrance
- Prohibition: Var.
- Forbidden (var.)
More clues leading to the result INTERDICT
More clues leading to the result ENBAR
More clues leading to the result NIX
- Veto
- Put the kibosh on
- Refuse to allow
- "No way!"
- Cancel
- Strike from the record
- Shoot down
- Give the thumbs-down to
- Reject
- Turn thumbs-down on
More clues leading to the result SAYNO
- "Just __"
- Refuse
- Decline
- Veto
- What Ado Annie "cain't" do
- Be uncooperative, in a way
- Turn down
- Just___: anti-drug slogan
- Nancy's advice, "Just ____"
- Nancy's "Just ____"
More clues leading to the result OUTLAW
- Movie bad guy
- Rustler
- Declare illegal
- Billy the Kid, e.g.
- Hood
- Ban
- Posse's quarry
- Malefactor
- Felon
- Figure on an Old West poster
More clues leading to the result PROHIBIT
More clues leading to the result TABOO
- No-no
- Verboten
- Pretty much any white card in Cards Against Humanity
- Prohibition
- Societal no-no
- Talking about one's sex swing in the office, e.g.
- Nono
- Simply not done
- Forbidden
- Behavioral no-no