Prohibitive Definition & Meaning
prohibitive
- adjective
- tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"
Words that rhyme with prohibitive
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- What does prohibitive mean?
- tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"
- What part of speech is prohibitive?
- Prohibitive is an adjective.