Synonyms for preventative
pre·ven·ta·tive

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1. preventive, preventative, prophylacticnoun

   remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

   "the doctor recommended several preventatives"

   Synonyms:
   condom, contraceptive device, interference, preventive, safe, hitch, safety, birth control device, rubber, prophylactic device, contraceptive, incumbrance, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, prophylactic

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful

2. hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interferencenoun

   any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

   Synonyms:
   hitch, birth control device, enlistment, stoppage, hindrance, prophylactic device, halt, interference, handicap, arrest, impediment, duty tour, disturbance, load, rub, tour of duty, baulk, term of enlistment, hobble, tour, hinderance, intervention, stop, prophylactic, onus, limp, stay, hang-up, deterrent, encumbrance, contraceptive device, balk, contraceptive, preventive, incumbrance, noise, snag, burden, check

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful

3. contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control deviceadjective

   an agent or device intended to prevent conception

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

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful

4. preventive, preventativeadjective

   tending to prevent or hinder

   Synonyms:
   preventive, prophylactic

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful

5. preventive, preventative, prophylacticadjective

   preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

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

   Synonyms:
   preventive, cautionary, antifertility, contraceptive, prophylactic

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful

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1. • Obstruction
   • Remedy

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1. List of paraphrases for "preventative":

   preventive, pre-emptive, prevention, pretrial, precautionary, pre-trial, preemptive

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1. Robert Music:

   Our research has shown that elimination is firmly on the horizon in the UK with deaths almost disappearing among vaccinated generations by 2040. We must not lose sight of this goal and should strive to increase uptake of the preventative vaccination and screening programmes, especially among non-vaccinated women where incidence is set to rise.

2. Liao Guang:

   All the trending items were about this pneumonia outbreak, so I thought we should buy a mask and take some kind of a preventative measure, i think during this (holiday), we're not going to go out too much, and probably won't go to places with a lot of people, like the movie theater.

3. Freddie Bray:

   Effective and resource-sensitive preventative and curative interventions are pertinent for cancer diagnosis, tailored integration into health planning can serve to reduce the global burden of cancer and narrow the evident cancer inequities between transitioning and transitioned countries observed today.

4. Nate Fleming:

   We must also commit ourselves to ensuring there is strong relationship-based policing in our communities, the police responded to this incident quickly and professionally, but we must put our force in position to be more preventative of these types of crimes through stronger community-based policing.

5. Katherine Newman:

   They are the best source of information by far, and if we don't give them a way of [ reporting threats ] that is confidential and leads to thoughtful response, then we cut ourselves off from the only source of information that actually does have a chance of being preventative.