PREVENTATIVE

Definition

1. adjective tending to prevent or hinder. — synonyms: preventive
2. adjective preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease. — synonyms: preventive, prophylactic
3. noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease. — synonyms: preventive, prophylactic
4. noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. — synonyms: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference
5. noun an agent or device intended to prevent conception. — synonyms: contraceptive, preventive, contraceptive_device, prophylactic_device, birth_control_device