Excessive and Prohibitive

Excessive

Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.

Prohibitive is a synonym for excessive. In some cases you can use "Prohibitive" instead an adjective "Excessive".

Nearby Words: excess, excessively

Prohibitive

Prohibitive adjective - Tending to discourage (especially of prices).
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Synonyms for Prohibitive

Excessive is a synonym for prohibitive in exorbitant topic. You can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Prohibitive", if it concerns topics such as restrictive, excessively high.

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