preventative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: preventative	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for preventative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preventative adj tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive, preventative] Antonym(s): permissive preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" Synonym(s): preventive, preventative, prophylactic n remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" Synonym(s): preventive, preventative, prophylactic any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome Synonym(s): hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference an agent or device intended to prevent conception Synonym(s): contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preventative \Prevent"ative\, n. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.