birth control device

Questions about birth control device

What does birth control device mean?

birth control device means "an agent or device intended to prevent conception".

What is another word for birth control device?

Close synonyms include contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is birth control device a common word?

birth control device is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.