PREVENTATIVE

/pɹɪˈvɛntətɪv/ Scrabble 20 Words With Friends 24

Scrabble letter values: P3R1E1V4E1N1T1A1T1I1V4E1 = 20

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

Examples

  • “preventive medicine”
  • “vaccines are prophylactic”
  • “a prophylactic drug”

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