Definition of
preventive has definitions from the fields of sexuality,medicine,pharmacology
1
[ adjective ] (medicine) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

Synonyms

prophylactic preventative

Examples

"preventive medicine" "vaccines are prophylactic" "a prophylactic drug"

Used in print

(Successful Farming, 59:12...)

Then , feed preventive dose until 6 weeks after calving .

Related terms

healthful

2
[ noun ] any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

Synonyms

hitch preventative encumbrance incumbrance interference hindrance

Related terms

obstruction clog speed_bump impede

3
[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

Synonyms

prophylactic preventative

Examples

"the doctor recommended several preventatives"

Related terms

remedy

4
[ adjective ] tending to prevent or hinder

Synonyms

preventative

Related terms

permissive blockading clogging frustrating precautionary deterrent preemptive prohibitive preclusive protective

5
[ adjective ] tending to ward off

Synonyms

prophylactic cautionary

Examples

"the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze

Related terms

protective

6
[ noun ] (sexuality) an agent or device intended to prevent conception

Synonyms

contraceptive contraceptive_device prophylactic_device birth_control_device preventative

Related terms

device coil pill diaphragm loop intrauterine_device condom morning-after_pill spermicide cervical_cap

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Rhymes with

inventive inventive incentive inattentive invective disincentive attentive incentive disincentive invective preemptive inattentive tentative argumentative tentative unrepresentative preventative attentive representative preemptive detective incentive redemptive defective receptive redemptive unreceptive ineffective deceptive effective detective incentive redemptive unreceptive receptive redemptive ineffective defective deceptive plaintive native directive effective sensitive insensitive innovative protective hypersensitive connective oversensitive infective contraceptive festive creative elective directive affective infective respective innovative protective connective furtive perceptive contraceptive elective creative selective directive quantitative collective sedative digestive relative appreciative reflective negative narrative seductive competitive comparative predictive imperative alliterative rep repetitive derivative uncompetitive diminutive noncompetitive affective restive respective additive eruptive inactive appointive substantive distinctive quantitative alternative directive congestive suggestive subjective corrective appreciative objective reflective instinctive effective alliterative seductive predictive appointive substantive selective irrespective introspective collective retrospective prospective digestive commemorative perspective directive reactive additive plaintive eruptive vegetative inactive disruptive alliterative iterative fugitive infinitive remunerative decorative consecutive assertive palliative adjective executive definitive ultraconservative vindictive preservative administrative conservative demonstrative neoconservative interpretive presumptive reactive motive vegetative probative nonnative captive disruptive affirmative superlative generative adjective fugitive palliative assertive degenerative recuperative collaborative deliberative inoperative commemorative vituperative cooperative vindictive operative uncooperative manipulative meditative distributive investigative qualitative punitive deliberative prognosticative unproductive productive imitative authoritative reproductive accumulative contemplative regulative rehabilitative elucidative stimulative nonproductive accommodative

Phonetic and Homophones

P R IY0 V EH1 N T IH0 V
P R IY0 V EH1 N IH0 V
P R IH0 V EH1 N T IH0 V
P R IH0 V EH1 N IH0 V

Similar Spelling

preventative prevent prevention prevenient preventable Proventil provenance propene privine Province Provencio Provence Provance provincial provender propensity

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