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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

contraceptive

· IPA /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/
01 adj. capable of preventing conception or impregnation; as, contraceptive devices and medications.
  1. 1.
    capable of preventing conception or impregnation; as, contraceptive devices and medications.
Syn. prophylactic.
02 n. a substance or device used to prevent conception.
  1. 1.
    a substance or device used to prevent conception.
Syn. preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, prophylactic.