Synonyms of the word

preventive

• adj. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
• adj. Carried out to deter military aggression.
• adj. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
• adj. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.
• n. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
• n. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
• n. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

blockading

• v. present participle of blockade.

cautionary

• adj. Serving to caution or warn; admonitory.
• adj. Serving to ward off; preventive.
• adj. (obsolete) Held as security or hostage.

clogging

• v. present participle of clog.
• n. The situation of something being clogged.

contraceptive

• adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
• n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less…

curative

• adj. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
• n. A substance that acts as a cure.

cure

• n. A method, device or medication that restores good health.
• n. Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.
• n. A solution to a problem.
• n. A process of preservation, as by smoking.
• n. A process of solidification or gelling.
• n. (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure…
• n. (obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
• n. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
• n. That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy.
• v. (transitive) To restore to health.
• v. (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
• v. (transitive) To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
• v. (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
• v. (intransitive) To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To become healed.
• v. (obsolete) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

deterrent

• adj. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
• n. Something that deters.

device

• n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
• n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
• n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
• n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
• n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
• n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
• n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
• n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
• n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
• n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
• n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

encumbrance

• n. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
• n. (law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

frustrating

• adj. discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
• v. present participle of frustrate.

frustrative

• adj. That which frustrates (causes frustration).

healthful

• adj. Beneficial to bodily health.
• adj. Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary.

hinderance

• n. Archaic spelling of hindrance.

hindering

• v. present participle of hinder.

hindrance

• n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
• n. The state or act of hindering something.

hitch

• n. A sudden pull.
• n. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope . See List of hitch knots…
• n. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
• n. (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
• n. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
• n. A period of time. Most often refers to time spent in the military.
• v. (transitive) To pull with a jerk.
• v. (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.
• v. (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
• v. (informal, transitive) contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
• v. (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
• v. (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
• v. (Britain) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

impediment

• n. A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

impedimenta

• n. Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military…
• n. plural of impedimentum.

impeding

• v. present participle of impede.

incumbrance

• n. A burden; a thing that must be carried.
• n. (law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

interference

• n. The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
• n. (sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
• n. (physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast…
• n. (US, law) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of…
• n. (chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing…

obstructer

• n. Someone who obstructs, agent noun of obstruct.

obstruction

• n. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
• n. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
• n. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions;…

obstructive

• adj. Causing obstructions.
• n. One who obstructs something.

obstructor

• n. Alternative form of obstructer.

obviating

• v. present participle of obviate.

pre-emptive

• adj. Alternative spelling of preemptive.

precautional

• adj. precautionary.

precautionary

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.
• n. (obsolete) A precaution.

preclusive

• adj. Serving to preclude.

preemptive

• adj. Of or relating to preemption.
• adj. Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.
• adj. (bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.

preventative

• adj. Alternative form of preventive.
• n. Alternative form of preventive.

prohibitive

• adj. Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
• adj. Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
• n. (linguistics) negative imperative.

prohibitory

• adj. That serves to prohibit or forbid.

prophylactic

• n. A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
• n. (figuratively) Any device or mechanism intended to prevent harmful consequences.
• adj. Serving to prevent or protect against an undesired effect, especially disease.

protective

• adj. Serving, intended or wishing to protect.
• n. (Britain) Something that protects.
• n. A condom.

remedy

• n. Something that corrects or counteracts.
• n. (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
• n. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
• v. (transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

therapeutic

• adj. Of, or relating to therapy.
• adj. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
• n. (medicine) A therapeutic agent.

thwarting

• v. present participle of thwart.
• n. An instance of blocking or obstructing.