PREVENTIVE Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

preventive 1 of 2

adjective

pri-ˈven-tiv

as in preventative

concerned with or serving to keep something from happening if you start taking this preventive medicine now, you may not get sick after all

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preventive

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noun

as in precaution

a measure taken to preclude loss or injury if people took the simple preventive of frequently washing their hands, the spread of germs could be greatly reduced

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Adjective

If the forest is particularly dry or the wind particularly high, a wildfire could still run right over that preventive work. —

Elizabeth Miller, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2025 Advertisement According to Amika Mota, who worked as a firefighter in California’s Chowchilla prison before her release in 2015, during major fires prisoners do a lot of preventive and protective work, like clearing brush or cutting gaps in the vegetation to slow the spread of flames. —

Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025

Noun

In the end, however, experts say there is only one true preventive — or cure — for a hangover: Don’t drink. —

Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Dec. 2022 Once experts predict a potential outbreak, who funds the necessary preventive and containment measures? —

Mallory Locklear, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2018 See all Example Sentences for preventive