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Synonyms for preventative
pre·ven·ta·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
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, prophylacticAntonyms:
unhealthfulhindrance, 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, checkAntonyms:
unhealthfulcontraceptive, 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 deviceAntonyms:
unhealthfulpreventive, preventativeadjective
tending to prevent or hinder
Synonyms:
preventive, prophylacticAntonyms:
unhealthfulpreventive, preventative, prophylacticadjective
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
"preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
Synonyms:
preventive, cautionary, antifertility, contraceptive, prophylacticAntonyms:
unhealthful
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "preventative":
preventive, pre-emptive, prevention, pretrial, precautionary, pre-trial, preemptive
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#272 | check | |
#714 | safety | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1080 | tour | |
#1286 | safe | |
#2135 | load | |
#2775 | prevention | |
#3061 | noise | |
#4036 | rubber | |
#5406 | intervention | |
#6303 | burden | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#8714 | interference | |
#11695 | preventive | |
#12745 | rub | |
#12951 | handicap | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14374 | disturbance | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#15920 | limp | |
#16604 | condom | |
#22938 | contraceptive | |
#23847 | preventative | |
#28533 | deterrent | |
#29949 | precautionary | |
#33918 | snag | |
#36795 | preemptive | |
#37644 | cautionary | |
#37940 | pretrial | |
#38554 | impediment | |
#41481 | prophylactic | |
#43221 | enlistment | |
#44049 | onus | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#53908 | balk | |
#56554 | encumbrance | |
#99268 | hobble | |
#197935 | baulk | |
#204694 | hinderance |
How to use preventative in a sentence?
The most important thing is to make sure that people... injecting drug users, commercial sex workers and men who have sex with men have good preventative measures in place, for injecting drug users, they need to have clear needle exchange programs. We do not have many of these in Eastern European countries as opposed to Western Europe.
Where we’re at now is we want to give back to the police in any way we can to help refund them and keep them safe and also get Garza out of office in any way that we can because I hold him accountable just as much as the murderers, if not more, because ultimately he set the stage for all this by taking the police presence and preventative measures away.
North Korea has such a limited supply of basic medicine that public health officials need to focus on preventative medicine. They would be ill-equipped to deal with any kind of epidemic.
I think the evidence base is getting quite strong for an increased risk of autism with higher maternal exposure to air pollutants, this not only gives us important insight as we continue to pursue the origins of autism spectrum disorders, but as a modifiable exposure, opens the door to thinking about possible preventative measures.
This frees schools, particularly those in low-income communities, to offer more primary care and preventative service through their health centers, schools will have to look at their budget and see if they will get reimbursed for services. It’s not like this is a costless thing for districts, because Medicaid reimbursement rates are not particularly high. We shouldn’t expect all states and schools to react similarly.
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