off-limits

The word “off-limits” has 3 syllables: off-lim-its

It's pronounced as /ˌɔfˈlɪmɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for off-limits?

In the thesaurus, “off-limits” has 23 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for off-limits along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for off-limits

Antonyms for off-limits

  • accessible
  • allowed
  • available
  • collective
  • common
  • communal
  • free
  • free-for-all
  • open
  • permitted
  • public
  • shared
  • unrestricted

Meanings of off-limits

  • adjective
    1. Not to be entered or used; restricted.

Example Sentences

  • The construction site is strictly off-limits to unauthorized personnel.
  • Due to safety concerns, certain areas of the park are off-limits after dark.
  • The confidential files are off-limits to anyone without clearance.
  • During the meeting, personal topics were declared off-limits for discussion.
  • The basement is off-limits while repairs are being made.

On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to off-limits, such as: accessible, against the law, allowed, available, banned, barred, closed.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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tabu

ban

banning

  • ban
  • banishing
  • barring
  • bidding
  • blackballing
  • blacklisting
  • blocking
  • bridling
  • ceasing
  • charging
  • checking
  • checking off
  • closing out
  • coercion
  • compulsion
  • constraint
  • crushing
  • curbing
  • debarring
  • decreeing
  • deporting
  • depriving
  • deterrence
  • deterring
  • dictation
  • direction
  • disallowance
  • disallowing
  • discontinuing
  • discouragement
  • discouraging
  • disregarding
  • dissuading
  • eliminating
  • embargo
  • embargoing
  • enjoining
  • excepting
  • excluding
  • excommunicating
  • exiling
  • expelling
  • forbidding
  • force
  • freezing out
  • halting
  • hindering
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • instruction
  • interdict
  • interdicting
  • interdiction
  • obstructing
  • obviating
  • off-limits
  • ostracizing
  • ousting
  • outlawing
  • precluding
  • preventing
  • prohibiting
  • prohibition
  • proscribing
  • proscription
  • putting down
  • quashing
  • quelling
  • rejecting
  • repressing
  • repression
  • repudiating
  • restraining
  • restriction
  • ruling out
  • shutting out
  • silencing
  • squashing
  • squelching
  • staving off
  • stopping
  • subduing
  • suppressing
  • suppression
  • suspending
  • throwing out
  • vetoing

barred


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