'Preventive' definitions:
Definition of 'preventive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic]
adjective
Tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive, preventative] [ant: permissive]
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 'Preventive'
From: GCIDE
- Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]ventif.]
- 1. Going before; preceding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease. [1913 Webster]
- Physic is either curative or preventive. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- Preventive service, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Preventive'
From: GCIDE
- Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preventive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aegis,
- antacid,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- antidote,
- arm guard,
- backstop,
- barrier,
- block,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- counteractant,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterirritant,
- countermeasure,
- covering,
- crash helmet,
- curb,
- cushion,
- custodial,
- dashboard,
- defensive,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- discouraging,
- dodger,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- fostering,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- guardrail,
- hampering,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- immunizing,
- impediment,
- impeding,
- inadmissible,
- inhibiting,
- inhibition,
- inhibitive,
- inhibitory,
- inoculant,
- inoculum,
- insular,
- insulation,
- interdictive,
- interdictory,
- interlock,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- narrow,
- neutralizer,
- nose guard,
- nullifier,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- offset,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parental,
- parochial,
- patent,
- pilot,
- precautionary,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- preventative,
- prevention,
- prohibiting,
- prohibitive,
- prohibitory,
- prophylactic,
- proscriptive,
- protecting,
- protection,
- protective,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- remedy,
- repressive,
- restraining,
- restrictive,
- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- screen,
- screening,
- seat belt,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- serum,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shin guard,
- snobbish,
- sun helmet,
- suppressive,
- tutelary,
- umbrella,
- vaccine,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- xenophobic
Words containing 'Preventive'
- Prevent,
- Preventability,
- Preventable,
- Preventative,
- Prevented,
- Preventer,
- Preventing,
- Preventingly,
- Prevention,
- Preventional,
- 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