preventive, preventative, prophylactic
(adjective) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; “preventive medicine”; “vaccines are prophylactic”; “a prophylactic drug”
preventive, preventative
(adjective) tending to prevent or hinder
contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
(noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception
hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference
(noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
preventive, preventative, prophylactic
(noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; “the doctor recommended several preventatives”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
preventative (comparative more preventative, superlative most preventative)
Alternative form of preventive
preventative (plural preventatives)
Alternative form of preventive
• Preventative is in all senses synonymous with preventive. Many speakers prefer to use preventative in noun senses and preventive in adjective senses.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*vent"a*tive, n.
Definition: That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
