Dictionary Results for preventive
1. preventive - noun · remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" Synonym(s): preventative, prophylactic Hypernym(s): remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
2. preventive - noun · any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome Synonym(s): hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference Hypernym(s): obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
3. preventive - noun · an agent or device intended to prevent conception Synonym(s): contraceptive, preventative, contraceptive_device, prophylactic_device, birth_control_device Hypernym(s): device
4. preventive - adjective · preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" Synonym(s): preventative, prophylactic
5. preventive - adjective · tending to prevent or hinder Synonym(s): preventative Antonym(s): permissive
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