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Definitions for Taboo

[1] proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV.
[2] prohibited or excluded from use or practice: In art school, painting from photographs was taboo.
[3] (among the Polynesians and other peoples of the South Pacific) separated or set apart as sacred; forbidden for general use; placed under a prohibition or ban.
[4] a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice: One of the strongest taboos in all modern societies is against incest.
[5] (among the Polynesians and other peoples of the South Pacific) the system, practice, or act whereby things are set apart as sacred, forbidden for general use, or placed under a prohibition or interdiction. the condition of being so set apart, forbidden, or interdicted.
[6] exclusion from social relations; ostracism.
[7] to put under a taboo; prohibit or forbid.
[8] to ostracize (a person, group, etc.): While he is tabooed, no one may speak to him.
[9] forbidden or disapproved of; placed under a social prohibition or ban taboo words
[10] (in Polynesia and other islands of the South Pacific) marked off as simultaneously sacred and forbidden
[11] any prohibition resulting from social or other conventions
[12] ritual restriction or prohibition, esp of something that is considered holy or unclean
[13] (tr) to place under a taboo

Words related to Taboo

prohibited, banned, unthinkable, outlawed, stricture, anathema, prohibition, superstition, inhibition, no-no, reserved, unmentionable, restricted, forbidden, restriction, limitation, forbiddance, restraint, proscription, disapproval

Words nearby Taboo

tabletop, tableware, tablinum, tabloid, tabloid tv, taboo, tabooli, taboparesis, tabor, tabora, taboret

Origin of Taboo

1770–80; < Tongan tapu or Fijian tabu ‘forbidden, prohibited’

Word origin for Taboo

C18: from Tongan tapu

Synonyms for Taboo

banned, outlawed, prohibited, unthinkable, anathema, disapproved, forbidden, proscribed, reserved, restricted, unmentionable, beyond the pale, frowned on, illegal, off limits, out of bounds, ruled out, unacceptable