What are some alternative words for preventive?
Synonyms for preventive
prɪˈvɛn tɪv; -tə tɪv
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Princeton's WordNet
preventive, preventative, prophylactic(noun)
remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
"the doctor recommended several preventatives"
Synonyms:
condom, contraceptive device, interference, safe, hitch, safety, birth control device, rubber, prophylactic device, preventative, contraceptive, incumbrance, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, prophylacticAntonyms:
bailable, unhealthful, permissivehindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference(noun)
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, incumbrance, noise, preventative, snag, burden, checkAntonyms:
permissive, unhealthful, bailablecontraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device(adj)
an agent or device intended to prevent conception
Synonyms:
prophylactic, hitch, prophylactic device, contraceptive, birth control device, interference, hinderance, preventative, hindrance, incumbrance, encumbrance, contraceptive deviceAntonyms:
permissive, unhealthful, bailablepreventive, preventative, prophylactic(adj)
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
"preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
Synonyms:
cautionary, antifertility, contraceptive, prophylactic, preventativeAntonyms:
bailable, permissive, unhealthfulpreventive, preventative(adj)
tending to prevent or hinder
Synonyms:
prophylactic, preventativeAntonyms:
unhealthful, bailable, permissive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
preventive(a.)
Synonyms:
prophylacticpreventive(n.)
Synonyms:
prophylactic
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
preventive(a)
Synonyms:
deterrent, prophylactic, obviatingpreventive(n)
Synonyms:
prophylactic
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "preventive":
preventative, pre-emptive, prevention, pretrial, precautionary, preemptive, pre-trial, préventive, protective, remand, prophylactic, pre-trail, prevent, preventing, precautious, proactive
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 | |
#2167 | prevent | |
#2775 | prevention | |
#3061 | noise | |
#4036 | rubber | |
#5406 | intervention | |
#5794 | protective | |
#6303 | burden | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7987 | preventing | |
#8714 | interference | |
#11695 | preventive | |
#12745 | rub | |
#12951 | handicap | |
#13843 | proactive | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14374 | disturbance | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#15920 | limp | |
#16604 | condom | |
#22938 | contraceptive | |
#23847 | preventative | |
#27779 | remand | |
#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 preventive in a sentence?
Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova:
We are extremely cautious, our specialists have come up with excellent methodological protocols for immediate diagnosis of Zika, and also preventive measures.
I am not worrying over the Ebola virus because I follow the necessary preventive measures and I think I am safe.
We should allow people to return to their jobs and families while they wait for trial, reserving preventive detention only for those cases that pose a true flight or safety risk.
Preventive detention is totally hysterical.
In fact, we have determined that there is actually no risk, meaning zero risk, to anybody involved, so there is no preventive measure or testing that's required for anyone in the buildings or on the campus as a result of this event.
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