Definitions For Preventive

noun

  • An agent or device intended to prevent conception
  • Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  • Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
  • Used to stop something bad from happening

adjective

  • Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

adjective

  • Tending to prevent or hinder

Is Preventive a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
22

The word Preventive is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Preventive in a Sentence

  • If people took the simple preventive of frequently washing their hands, the spread of germs could be greatly reduced
  • Farmers are covering their crops as a preventive measure against frost.
  • We'll take whatever preventive action is necessary.

Synonyms for Preventive

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