- Types Of Speech
- You can use tabu as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Tabu
- A 2 syllables noun and 4 letters with the letters a, b, t, and u, 2 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ab. Tabu starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters t, ta, tab, and the ending characters are u, bu, abu, ..
- Definition
- An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
- Origin/Roots
- Proto Oceanic
- Scrabble
- Is tabu a scrabble word? A 6 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Tabu in Pig Latin is said as "abutay or abutway".
- Unigram
- t | a | b | u
- Bigram
- ta | ab | bu
- Trigram
- tab | abu
- Quadrigram
- tabu
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
- a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- excluded from use or mention;
"forbidden fruit";
"in our house dancing and playing cards were out";
"a taboo subject" - forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abnegation | renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
| Anathema | a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication |
| Argot | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) "they don''t speak our lingo" |
| Ban | a decree that prohibits something |
| Banishment | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
| Banned | forbidden by law |
| Banning | an official prohibition or edict against something |
| Bar | the act of preventing "there was no bar against leaving" "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" |
| Barred | preventing entry or exit or a course of action "a barricaded street" "barred doors" "the blockaded harbor" |
| Barricaded | preventing entry or exit or a course of action "a barricaded street" "barred doors" "the blockaded harbor" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Tabu
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tuba | the lowest brass wind instrument |
| Tabu | an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion |
| Abut | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary "Canada adjoins the U.S." "England marches with Scotland" |
View English words with the unique letters used in tabu. Words With The Letters Abtu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Taboo | an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inhibition | the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter" "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages" "he ignored his parents'' forbiddance" |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Tabu | Yes | No |
| Tabuhayt | No | Yes |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuba (4 letters) | 6 | 8 | tuba | ||
| Tabu (4 letters) | 6 | 8 | tuba | ||
| Butat (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 9 +1 | butat | ||
| Abut (4 letters) | 6 | 8 | tuba | ||
| Buy At (6 letters) | |||||
| Battu (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 9 +1 | butat |
Tabu Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With T
- Ends With U
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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