preventive

Plural: preventives

Noun

• remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
• an agent or device intended to prevent conception
• A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
• A thing that slows the development of an illness.
• A contraceptive, especially a condom.

Adjective Satellite

• preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
  • "preventive medicine"

Adjective

• tending to prevent or hinder

Adj

• Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
• Carried out to deter military aggression.
• Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
• Going before; preceding.

Synonyms

birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, prophylactic, prophylactic device

Antonyms

permissive

Anagrams of preventive