Word Type

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Adjective

Adjective

The word "preventative" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

chemopreventative nonpreventative preventative maintenance preventative medicine preventatively

Derived From

prevent

Inflected/Variant Forms

preventive

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

curative cure device impediment impedimenta obstructer obstruction obstructor remedy therapeutic

Similar Terms

blockading clogging deterrent frustrating frustrative healthful healthful hindering impeding obstructive obviating pre-emptive precautional precautionary preclusive preemptive prohibitive prohibitory protective thwarting

Synonym Network

contraceptive hindrance preventive

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