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 |
| TABU | 5 % | 4 |
| DENY | 5 % | 4 |
| ENBAR | 2 % | 5 |
| INTERDICT | 2 % | 9 |
| DEBAR | 1 % | 5 |
| OUTLAW | 1 % | 6 |
| NIX | 1 % | 3 |
| TABOO | 1 % | 5 |
| PROHIBIT | 1 % | 8 |
| SAYNO | 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 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 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 ENBAR
More clues leading to the result INTERDICT
More clues leading to the result DEBAR
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 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 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