protective
Syllables: pro·tec·tive/pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/US/pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/
protective adjective: serving or intended to protect.
Adjective
protective (comparative more protective, superlative most protective)
Noun
protective (plural protectives)
- Something that protects.
- A condom.
protective meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
protective in Hindi
- सुरक्षात्मक
protective in Tamil
- காப்பான, பாதுகாப்பான, பாதுகாப்புக்கான
protective in Marathi
- संरक्षणात्मक
protective in Urdu
- تحفظاتی
More languagesFewer languages
- protective in Bengali
- প্রতিরক্ষামূলক, নিরাপত্তামূলক, সংরক্ষণশীল, সংরক্ষণকর
- protective in Telugu
- రక్షణాత్మక
- protective in Malayalam
- സംരക്ഷണം നൽകുന്ന, പാലകനായ, രക്ഷകനായ, അഭയം നല്കുന്ന
- protective in Kannada
- ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವ, ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ನೀಡುವ, ಕಾಪಾಡುವ, ಕಾಯುವ
- protective in Punjabi
- ਰੱਖਿਅਕ rakkhiaka
- protective in Gujarati
- રક્ષણાત્મક, સુરક્ષાત્મક
- protective in Odia
- ସୁରକ୍ଷାତ୍ମକ
- protective in Nepali
- सुरक्षात्मक
- protective in Indonesian
- protektif
Forms of protective
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more protective |
| superlative | most protective |
| Noun | |
| plural | protectives |
Origin of protective
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōtēctīvus. By surface analysis, protect + -ive.
Words formed from protective
- atheroprotective
- autoprotective
- axoprotective
- bioprotective
- bronchoprotective
- canceroprotective
- carcinoprotective
- cardioprotective
- carioprotective
- cerebroprotective
- chemoprotective
- cholangioprotective
- chondroprotective
- cryoprotective
- cytoprotective
- dermatoprotective
- ecoprotective
- endothelioprotective
- enteroprotective
- excitoprotective
- fertoprotective
- fibroprotective
- gastroprotective
- genoprotective
- geroprotective
- glioprotective
- hepatoprotective
- hyperprotective
- immunoprotective
- luteoprotective
- lyoprotective
- mechanoprotective
- metalloprotective
- mitoprotective
- mucoprotective
- myeloprotective
- myoprotective
- nephroprotective
- neuroprotective
- nonprotective
- oligoprotective
- oncoprotective
- organoprotective
- osmoprotective
- osteoprotective
- otoprotective
- overcurrent protective device
- overprotective
- ovoprotective
- personal protective equipment
- pharmacoprotective
- photoprotective
- phytoprotective
- pneumoprotective
- protective briefs
- protective custody
- protective letter
- protectively
- protectiveness
- protective order
Phrases with protective
Words that rhyme with protective
- projective
- subjective
- effective
- objective
- prospective
- reflective
- collective
- connective
- defective
- directive
- respective
- selective
28 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- injective
- detective
- elective
- irrespective
- perfective
- retrospective
- affective
- bijective
- corrective
- erective
- ineffective
- inflective
- intellective
- intersubjective
- refective
- advective
- convective
- deflective
- ejective
- imperfective
- infective
- inspective
- introspective
- overprotective
- rejective
- surjective
- unreflective
- unselective
Questions about protective
- What does protective mean?
- Protective means serving or intended to protect.
- What is protective in Hindi?
- Protective in Hindi is सुरक्षात्मक. See Protective meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is protective?
- Protective can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce protective?
- Protective is pronounced /pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near protective in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: protective (page history and authors); protective (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); protective (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); protective (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); protective (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); protective (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); protective (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); protective (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); protective (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰੱਖਿਅਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); protective (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); protective (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); protective (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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