preventative

(a) tending to prevent or hinder preventive,
(s) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
- preventive medicine
- vaccines are prophylactic
- a prophylactic drug
preventive, prophylactic,

Nouns

(n) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
- the doctor recommended several preventatives
preventive, prophylactic,
(n) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome hinderance, hindrance, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference, hitch,
(n) an agent or device intended to prevent conception birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, preventive,

Synonyms

preventive prophylactic hinderance hindrance encumbrance incumbrance interference hitch birth control device contraceptive contraceptive device prophylactic device

Antonyms

permissive

See also

protective

Words of close approximity