Word relationships
Synonyms
preventive, preventative
Continue locally
- preventative synonym
Local English word record
prophylactic
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
Practice this wordExamples
- preventive medicine
- vaccines are prophylactic
- a prophylactic drug
Source and method
This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.