preventative

preventative is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 24 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
2. noun. an agent or device intended to prevent conception

   Synonyms: contraceptive, preventive

3. noun. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

   Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventive

4. noun. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

   "the doctor recommended several preventatives"

   Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic

5. adjective. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

   "preventive medicine"

   "vaccines are prophylactic"

   Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic

6. adjective. tending to prevent or hinder

   Synonyms: preventive

Synonyms

contraceptive, preventive, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, prophylactic

Common word forms

preventatives

Words from these letters

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