Preventative medicine is very important.
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Preventative
/pɹɪˈvɛntətɪv/
Synonyms for "preventative" (37 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (8)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
Adjective(9 words)
precautionprecautionarypreemptivepreventionprevention programprophylaxispublic health initiativerisk reduction programsafeguard
Noun(3 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
20 entriesadjective of purposecurativecuredevicehealthcare conceptimpedimentimpedimentamaintenance descriptormedical descriptormedical productobstructerobstructionobstructorpharmaceutical agentpublic health initiativeremedy
Showing 16 of 20 words.
More specific
14 entriesantibiotic prophylaxisbullying prevention programcondomcontingency planninghand hygieneoccupational safety trainingpreventive devicepreventive maintenanceprophylacticrisk avoidance strategyschool based programscreeningvaccinationvaccine
Collocations
9 entriespreventative approachpreventative carepreventative maintenancepreventative measurepreventative measurespreventative medicinepreventative programpreventative screeningprimary prevention
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
We need to take preventative measures.
Source: tatoeba (9994627)
I'd recommend preventative surgery.
Source: tatoeba (10753593)
I'm on preventative medication for tuberculosis.
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Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.