'Preventative' definitions:
Definition of 'preventative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive, preventative] [ant: permissive]
adjective
Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic]
noun
Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic]
noun
Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference]
noun
An agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device]
Definition of 'Preventative'
From: GCIDE
- Preventative \Pre*vent"a*tive\, n. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Preventative'
- Prevent,
- Preventability,
- Preventable,
- Prevented,
- Preventer,
- Preventing,
- Preventingly,
- Prevention,
- Preventional,
- Preventive,
- Preventively,
- Preventer bolts,
- Preventer plates,
- Preventer stay,
- Preventive service,
- birth prevention,
- preventive attack,
- preventive medicine,
- preventive strike,
- center for disease control and prevention,
- centre for international crime prevention,
- united nations crime prevention and criminal justice,
- united nations office for drug control and crime prevention