NOUN | artifact | preventative, preventive, prophylactic | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease |
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artifact | preventative, hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference | any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | |
artifact | preventative, contraceptive, preventive, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception | |
ADJECTIVE | all | preventative, preventive | tending to prevent or hinder |
all | preventative, preventive, prophylactic | preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease |
Sounds | priyveh'ntahtihv | |
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Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... |
Meaning | tending to prevent or hinder. | |
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Synonym | preventive | |
Narrower | blockading | Blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors |
clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive | preventing movement | |
deterrent | tending to deter | |
frustrating, frustrative, thwarting | preventing realization or attainment of a desire | |
precautionary, precautional | Taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | |
preclusive, obviating | made impossible | |
preemptive, pre-emptive | designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence | |
prohibitive, prohibitory | tending to discourage (especially of prices) | |
See also | protective | Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind |
Opposite | permissive | not preventive |
Spanish | preventivo | |
Catalan | preventiu | |
Verbs | prevent | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
prevent | keep from happening / happening or arising |
Meaning | preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease. | |
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Synonyms | preventive, prophylactic | |
Broader | healthful | conducive to good health of body or mind |
Spanish | preventivo, profiláctico | |
Catalan | preventiu, profilàctic |
Meaning | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease. | |
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Example | "the doctor recommended several preventatives" | |
Synonyms | preventive, prophylactic | |
Broader | remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic | A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve / relieve pain |
Spanish | profiláctico | |
Catalan | profilàctic |
Meaning | Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. | |
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Synonyms | hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference | |
Narrower | clog | Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction |
speed bump | A hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway | |
Broader | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta | Any structure that makes progress difficult |
Spanish | estorbo, impedimenta, interferencia | |
Catalan | destorb, impediment, interferència |
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