Adjective
1. preventative
2. prophylactic, healthful, preventive
3. preventative, blockading, clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive, deterrent, frustrating, frustrative, thwarting, precautionary, precautional, preclusive, obviating, preemptive, prohibitive, prohibitory, protective, cautionary
Noun
1. prophylactic, protective, preventative
2. prophylactic, remedy, curative, cure, hindrance
3. hitch, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta, contraceptive
4. preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device, device
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