preventative

Meanings

• remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease;
• "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
• an agent or device intended to prevent conception
• tending to prevent or hinder
• preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;

Synonyms

• preventive
• prophylactic
• hindrance
• hinderance
• hitch
• encumbrance
• incumbrance
• interference
• contraceptive
• contraceptive device
• prophylactic device
• birth control device

Scrabble Score: 20

preventative is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

preventative is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

preventative is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

preventative is a valid Words With Friends word

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