kibosh

The word “kibosh” has 2 syllables: ki-bosh

It's pronounced as /ˈkaɪˌbɒʃ/


What is synonym and antonym for kibosh?

In the thesaurus, “kibosh” has 62 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kibosh along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for kibosh

  • abolish
  • abort
  • annul
  • arrest
  • block
  • blockade
  • brake
  • break
  • break off
  • break up
  • call
  • can
  • cancellation
  • cease
  • check
  • clamp down
  • complete
  • conclude
  • curb
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • dam
  • deactivate
  • delay
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • detain
  • discontinue
  • dissolve
  • drop
  • end
  • finish
  • give over
  • halt
  • hinder
  • hold
  • hold back
  • impede
  • kill
  • knock off
  • lay off
  • leave off
  • obstruct
  • pause
  • quit
  • ruin
  • scuttle
  • shut off
  • snuff
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stamp
  • stanch
  • staunch
  • stay
  • stem
  • stop
  • stunt
  • suppress
  • suspend
  • turn back
  • veto

Antonyms for kibosh

  • actuate
  • advance
  • allowance
  • carry on
  • continue
  • drive
  • impel
  • keep up
  • opening
  • permission
  • proceed
  • progress
  • propel
  • run on
  • start
  • stir

Meanings of kibosh

  • noun
    1. Nonsense, bosh.
    2. Fashion; style.
  • verb
    1. To decisively terminate.

Example Sentences

  • The unexpected rain put the kibosh on our plans for a picnic.
  • The new regulations put the kibosh on the company's expansion plans.
  • Just when everything seemed to be going smoothly, a technical glitch put the kibosh on the presentation.
  • His parents put the kibosh on his idea of dropping out of college to travel the world.
  • The lack of funding put the kibosh on the project before it even began.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kibosh, such as: abolish, abort, actuate, advance, allowance, annul, arrest.

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Related Words

abolish

  • abate
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • atomize
  • avoid
  • ban
  • black out
  • blast
  • blot out
  • blow up
  • break down
  • call
  • call off
  • cancel
  • consume
  • countermand
  • cut
  • dash
  • decimate
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • devour
  • disallow
  • disannul
  • discard
  • disestablish
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • ditch
  • do away with
  • doom
  • drop
  • dynamite
  • efface
  • eject
  • eliminate
  • end
  • enjoin
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • excise
  • expel
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • finish
  • flatten
  • forbid
  • fragment
  • inhibit
  • invalidate
  • jettison
  • kill
  • kill off
  • liquidate
  • negate
  • nix
  • null
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • oust
  • outlaw
  • override
  • overrule
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • powder
  • prohibit
  • pulverize
  • put an end to
  • put kibosh on
  • put the kibosh on
  • quash
  • ravage
  • raze
  • recall
  • reject
  • remove
  • repeal
  • repudiate
  • rescind
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • scrub
  • set aside
  • shatter
  • smash
  • splinter
  • squelch
  • stamp out
  • strike down
  • subvert
  • supersede
  • suppress
  • suspend
  • tear down
  • terminate
  • throw out
  • total
  • undo
  • vacate
  • veto
  • vitiate
  • void
  • waste
  • wipe out
  • withdraw
  • wreck
  • write off
  • zap

can

  • abolish
  • abort
  • aluminum
  • annul
  • arrest
  • ax
  • axe
  • backside
  • barrel
  • bastille
  • bath
  • bathroom
  • be capable of
  • be equal to
  • be up to
  • beam
  • behind
  • big house
  • block
  • blockade
  • bog
  • boot
  • bootie
  • booty
  • bottle
  • bottom
  • bounce
  • brake
  • break
  • break off
  • break up
  • breech
  • bridewell
  • brig
  • bucket
  • bull pen
  • bum
  • buns
  • butt
  • buttocks
  • caboose
  • cage
  • calaboose
  • call
  • can do
  • canister
  • cannikin
  • cannister
  • cashier
  • cease
  • cell
  • check
  • cheeks
  • clamp down
  • clink
  • cloakroom
  • comfort station
  • commit
  • commode
  • complete
  • concentration camp
  • conclude
  • convenience
  • cooler
  • coop
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • cut the mustard
  • dam
  • deactivate
  • delay
  • demolish
  • derriere
  • destroy
  • detain
  • discharge
  • discontinue
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • downsize
  • drop
  • drum
  • duff
  • dungeon
  • end
  • excess
  • expel
  • fanny
  • finish
  • fire
  • fundament
  • furlough
  • garderobe
  • give over
  • give the heave-ho
  • glasshouse
  • gluteus maximus
  • guardhouse
  • guardroom
  • gulag
  • gunboat
  • gutbucket
  • half bath
  • halt
  • hams
  • haunches
  • have done with
  • have it made
  • head
  • heinie
  • hind end
  • hinder
  • hock
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hole
  • hoosegow
  • hunkers
  • impede
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • jakes
  • jar
  • john
  • johnny
  • joint
  • jug
  • keep
  • keester
  • keister
  • kibosh
  • kick out
  • kill
  • knock off
  • labor camp
  • ladies
  • latrine
  • lavatory
  • lay off
  • leave off
  • let go
  • litter box
  • lockup
  • loo
  • make it
  • make out
  • make the grade
  • manage
  • may
  • moon
  • muster out
  • nates
  • nick
  • obstruct
  • oubliette
  • outhouse
  • package
  • pail
  • pan
  • pause
  • pen
  • penitentiary
  • pink-slip
  • pokey
  • pop top
  • posterior
  • pot
  • potty
  • powder room
  • prison
  • prison camp
  • privy
  • put the kibosh on
  • put up
  • quit
  • quod
  • rear
  • rear end
  • receptacle
  • reform school
  • reformatory
  • release
  • remove
  • restroom
  • retire
  • ruin
  • rump
  • sack
  • sandbox
  • scuttle
  • seat
  • send packing
  • separate
  • shut off
  • slam
  • slammer
  • snuff
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stalag
  • stamp
  • stanch
  • staunch
  • stay
  • stem
  • stern
  • stir
  • stockade
  • stop
  • stunt
  • suppress
  • suspend
  • tail
  • tail end
  • take care of
  • tank
  • terminate
  • throne
  • throw out
  • tin
  • tin can
  • toilet
  • tolbooth
  • training school
  • trim
  • turn back
  • turn off
  • tush
  • unseat
  • vessel
  • ward
  • washroom
  • water closet
  • work camp

canned

  • abolished
  • aborted
  • alcoholic
  • annulled
  • apish
  • arrested
  • artificial
  • axed
  • backup
  • beery
  • befuddled
  • besotted
  • bibulous
  • blasted
  • bleary-eyed
  • blind
  • blitzed
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • blotto
  • bogus
  • bombed
  • boozy
  • bottled
  • bounced
  • braked
  • broke
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • called
  • cashiered
  • ceased
  • checked
  • clamped down
  • cockeyed
  • completed
  • concluded
  • conserved
  • copied
  • counterfeit
  • crapulous
  • cribbed
  • crocked
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • cut-and-dried
  • cut-and-dry
  • dammed
  • deactivated
  • debauched
  • deceptive
  • delayed
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • detained
  • dipsomaniacal
  • discharged
  • discontinued
  • dismissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolved
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • downsized
  • dropped
  • drunk
  • drunken
  • duplicated
  • emulative
  • ended
  • epigonic
  • epigonous
  • excessed
  • factitious
  • fake
  • false
  • filmed
  • finished
  • fired
  • forged
  • formulaic
  • fraudulent
  • fried
  • furloughed
  • gassed
  • gave over
  • had done with
  • halted
  • hammered
  • held
  • held back
  • high
  • hindered
  • imitation
  • imitative
  • impaired
  • impeded
  • in the bag
  • inebriate
  • inebriated
  • intoxicated
  • juiced
  • kept
  • kiboshed
  • kicked out
  • killed
  • knocked off
  • laid off
  • left off
  • lit
  • lit up
  • loaded
  • looped
  • man-made
  • maudlin
  • mimetic
  • mimic
  • misleading
  • mock
  • mustered out
  • obstructed
  • oiled
  • paused
  • perfunctory
  • photocopied
  • pickled
  • pie-eyed
  • pink-slipped
  • plagiarized
  • plastered
  • potted
  • prerecorded
  • put the kibosh on
  • quit
  • quitted
  • reduplicated
  • released
  • removed
  • reproduced
  • retired
  • ripped
  • rocky
  • routine
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • scuttled
  • sent packing
  • separated
  • sham
  • shut off
  • simulated
  • slavish
  • sloshed
  • smashed
  • snuffed
  • sottish
  • soused
  • sozzled
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • squiffed
  • squiffy
  • stamped
  • stanched
  • staunched
  • stayed
  • stemmed
  • stewed
  • stiff
  • stinking
  • stoned
  • stopped
  • strung out
  • stunted
  • stupefied
  • substitute
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • synthetic
  • tanked
  • taped
  • terminated
  • three sheets in the wind
  • three sheets to the wind
  • threw out
  • tiddly
  • tight
  • tipsy
  • transcribed
  • trimmed
  • turned back
  • turned off
  • under the influence
  • under the weather
  • uninspired
  • unoriginal
  • unseated
  • wasted
  • wet
  • wiped out

canning

  • abolishing
  • aborting
  • annulling
  • arresting
  • axing
  • blockading
  • blocking
  • bottling
  • bouncing
  • braking
  • breaking
  • breaking off
  • breaking up
  • calling
  • cashiering
  • ceasing
  • checking
  • clamping down
  • completing
  • concluding
  • conserving
  • cutting off
  • cutting out
  • damming
  • deactivating
  • delaying
  • demolishing
  • destroying
  • detaining
  • discharging
  • discontinuing
  • dismissing
  • dissolving
  • downsizing
  • dropping
  • ending
  • excessing
  • finishing
  • firing
  • furloughing
  • giving over
  • halting
  • having done with
  • hindering
  • holding
  • holding back
  • impeding
  • keeping
  • kiboshing
  • kicking out
  • killing
  • knocking off
  • laying off
  • leaving off
  • mustering out
  • obstructing
  • pausing
  • pink-slipping
  • putting the kibosh on
  • putting up
  • quitting
  • releasing
  • removing
  • retiring
  • ruining
  • sacking
  • scuttling
  • sending packing
  • separating
  • shutting off
  • snuffing
  • squashing
  • squelching
  • stamping
  • stanching
  • staunching
  • staying
  • stemming
  • stopping
  • storing
  • stunting
  • suppressing
  • suspending
  • terminating
  • throwing out
  • tinning
  • trimming
  • turning back
  • turning off
  • unseating

gave over

  • abolished
  • aborted
  • advanced
  • annulled
  • arrested
  • assigned
  • bequeathed
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • braked
  • broke
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • called
  • canned
  • ceased
  • checked
  • clamped down
  • commended
  • committed
  • completed
  • concluded
  • conferred
  • confided
  • consigned
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • dammed
  • deactivated
  • delayed
  • delegated
  • delivered
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • detained
  • discontinued
  • dispensed
  • dispersed
  • dissolved
  • distributed
  • divided
  • dropped
  • ended
  • entrusted
  • finished
  • furnished
  • gave
  • granted
  • had done with
  • halted
  • handed
  • handed down
  • handed in
  • handed on
  • handed over
  • held
  • held back
  • hindered
  • impeded
  • intrusted
  • kiboshed
  • killed
  • knocked off
  • laid off
  • left
  • left off
  • lent
  • loaned
  • obstructed
  • passed
  • paused
  • put the kibosh on
  • quit
  • quitted
  • recommended
  • recommitted
  • redelivered
  • released
  • relinquished
  • reposed
  • retransferred
  • retransmitted
  • ruined
  • scuttled
  • shut off
  • snuffed
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • stamped
  • stanched
  • staunched
  • stayed
  • stemmed
  • stopped
  • stunted
  • submitted
  • supplied
  • suppressed
  • surrendered
  • suspended
  • transferred
  • transmitted
  • trusted
  • turned back
  • turned in
  • turned over
  • vested
  • willed
  • yielded

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