protective
Adjective
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Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind (synset 301893175)
"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:
- defensive - intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
- preventative, preventive - tending to prevent or hinder
similar to:- cautionary, prophylactic - warding off
- antifertility, contraceptive, prophylactic - capable of preventing conception or impregnation
- custodial, tutelar, tutelary - providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
- evasive - avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
- overprotective - overly protective
- preservative - tending or having the power to preserve
- protecting - shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort
- restrictive - (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
- safety-related - providing or ensuring safety
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Showing care (synset 302458250)
"a protective mother"similar to: tender - given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
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(usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful (synset 300311985)
"protective of his reputation"similar to: careful - exercising caution or showing care or attention
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