protective
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹɛtɛktɪv/, /pɹoʊtɛktɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Adjective
protective (comparative more protective, superlative most protective)
- Serving, intended or wishing to protect.
- The fighter dropped into a protective stance.
- The castle's moat served a protective function.
- Mother bears are famously protective of their cubs.
Derived terms
- atheroprotective
- autoprotective
- bioprotective
- bronchoprotective
- cardioprotective
- cerebroprotective
- chemoprotective
- chondroprotective
- cryoprotective
- cytoprotective
- excitoprotective
- gastroprotective
- genoprotective
- hepatoprotective
- hyperprotective
- immunoprotective
- myeloprotective
- nephroprotective
- neuroprotective
- nonprotective
- osmoprotective
- osteoprotective
- otoprotective
- overprotective
- photoprotective
- protective custody
- protectively
- protectiveness
- radioprotective
- renoprotective
- semiprotective
- seroprotective
- superprotective
- thermoprotective
- thromboprotective
- ultraprotective
- unprotective
- uroprotective
- vasculoprotective
- vasoprotective
Translations
serving, intended or wishing to protect
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