Exact Match:
- inhibitory
- restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- choking,
- constraining,
- constrictive,
- contrary,
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- deterrent,
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- exclusory,
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- prophylactic,
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- restrictive,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- snobbish,
- suppressive,
- xenophobic
- suppressive
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- tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest" related words >
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- bossy,
- choking,
- constraining,
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- contrary,
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- crosswise,
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- feudal,
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- grinding,
- high-handed,
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- imperative,
- imperial,
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- in the way,
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- interdictive,
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- prohibitive
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- tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive" related words >
- abusive,
- criminal,
- cutthroat,
- dear,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- discouraging,
- ethnocentric,
- exacting,
- exceptional,
- excessive,
- excluding,
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- exclusory,
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- extravagant,
- fancy,
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- forestalling,
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- high,
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- inflationary,
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- inordinate,
- insular,
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- narrow,
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- out of sight,
- outlandish,
- outrageous,
- overpriced,
- parochial,
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- preventative,
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- prophylactic,
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- skyrocketing,
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- unconscionable,
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- Olympian,
- abhorrent,
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- aloof,
- awful,
- backward,
- bad,
- base,
- bashful,
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- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- blank,
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- exclusive,
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- exclusive
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- a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
- excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops"
- not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" related words >
- Olympian,
- a certain,
- absolute,
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- either,
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- ethnocentric,
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- news item,
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- standoff,
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- swank,
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- uniform,
- unique,
- unitary,
- unshared,
- unswerving,
- whole,
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- withdrawn,
- withering,
- xenophobic
- preventive
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- remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
- preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
- tending to prevent or hinder related words >
- aegis,
- antacid,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- antidote,
- arm guard,
- backstop,
- barrier,
- block,
- buffer,
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- deterrent,
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- dodger,
- ethnocentric,
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- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
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- fuse,
- goggles,
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- guardian,
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- guardrail,
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- hand guard,
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- inadmissible,
- inhibiting,
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- inoculant,
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- insular,
- insulation,
- interdictive,
- interdictory,
- interlock,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
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- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- remedy,
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- restraining,
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- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
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- safety valve,
- screen,
- screening,
- seat belt,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- serum,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shin guard,
- snobbish,
- sun helmet,
- suppressive,
- tutelary,
- umbrella,
- vaccine,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- xenophobic
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