Noun

• S: (n) preventive, preventative, prophylactic (remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease) "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference (any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome)
• S: (n) contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device (an agent or device intended to prevent conception)

Adjective

• S: (adj) preventive, preventative, prophylactic (preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease) "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
• S: (adj) preventive, preventative (tending to prevent or hinder)
• see also
• similar to
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) preventive [Related to: preventive] (any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome)
• W: (n) preventive [Related to: preventive] (an agent or device intended to prevent conception)
• W: (v) prevent [Related to: preventive, preventative] (keep from happening or arising; make impossible) "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
• W: (v) prevent [Related to: preventive, preventative] (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state) "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"