Man, too, has been given protective devices against extreme temperatures.
Source: tatoeba (270327)
Protective
//pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv//
Synonyms for "protective" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
81 entriesShowing 16 of 81 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
31 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պաշտպանական adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qoruyucu adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Bulgarian
3 entries- защите́н adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- предпазен adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- презерватив noun (A condom)
Czech
1 entries- ochranný adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Esperanto
1 entries- protekta adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Finnish
4 entries- suoja adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- suojaava adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- turvaava adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- kondomi noun (A condom)
French
1 entries- protecteur adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
German
1 entries- Schutz adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Hebrew
2 entries- הגנתי adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- מגן adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Indonesian
1 entries- protektif adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Irish
2 entries- díonmhar adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- fálach adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Italian
1 entries- protettivo adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Kazakh
1 entries- қорғауыш adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Old English
1 entries- healdsum adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Portuguese
3 entries- protetivo adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- protetor adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- preservativo noun (A condom)
Romanian
1 entries- protector noun (Something that protects)
Russian
2 entries- защи́тный adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- охра́нный adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Spanish
2 entries- protector adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
- protector noun (Something that protects)
Welsh
1 entries- amddiffynol adj (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Birds, for instance, have a special protective device.
Source: tatoeba (326015)
If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.
Source: tatoeba (327613)
When attaching a polarizing plate, set it first and then attach a protective plate (a clear acrylic plate).
Source: tatoeba (328001)
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