Definitions for preventive
Overview of noun preventive
The noun preventive has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. preventive, preventative, prophylactic
(remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives")
2. hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference
(any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome)
3. contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
(an agent or device intended to prevent conception)
Overview of adj preventive
The adj preventive has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) preventive, preventative, prophylactic
(preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug")
2. preventive, preventative
(tending to prevent or hinder)
