WordNet: protective
intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"
- also see defensive
- also see preventative, preventive
- similar to cautionary, prophylactic
- similar to antifertility, contraceptive, prophylactic
- similar to custodial, tutelar, tutelary
- similar to evasive
- similar to overprotective
- similar to preservative
- similar to protecting
- similar to restrictive
- similar to safety-related
protective
- (englanti) unprotective (antonym)
- (englanti) protectiveness (derivationally related)
- (englanti) protect (derivationally related)
- (suomi) suojaava (synonyymi)
- (suomi) suoja- (synonyymi)