Synonyms of the word

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.

antifertility

• adj. That reduces fertility.
• adj. contraceptive.

cautionary

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

condom

• n. A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis…

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.

healthful

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

preventative

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

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.

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.

rubber

• n. (uncountable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
• n. (uncountable, countable) Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
• n. (countable, Britain, New Zealand) An eraser.
• n. (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom.
• n. (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
• n. (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
• n. (Canada, US, in the plural) Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
• n. (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
• adj. (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
• n. (sports) In relation to a series of games or matches between two competitors where the overall winner…
• n. (sports, Canada, US) a rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
• n. The game of rubber bridge.
• v. To eavesdrop on a telephone call.

safe

• adj. Not in danger; free from harm's reach.
• adj. Free from risk; harmless, riskless.
• adj. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
• adj. (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to…
• adj. Properly secured; secure.
• adj. (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation.
• adj. (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
• adj. Reliable.
• adj. Cautious.
• n. A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
• n. (slang) A condom.
• n. (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
• v. (transitive) To make something safe.

safety

• n. The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
• n. (mechanics) A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
• n. (American football) An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or steps out of the…
• n. (American football) Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage…
• n. Preservation from escape; close custody.
• n. (dated) A safety bicycle.
• v. (transitive) To secure (a mechanical component, as in aviation) to keep it from becoming detached even…

therapeutic

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