contraceptive method

1. 1.

   birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

   Synonymscontraception

   Broaderbirth control

   Narroweroral contraceptionsurgical contraception

Questions about contraceptive method

What does contraceptive method mean?

contraceptive method means "birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery".

What is another word for contraceptive method?

Close synonyms include contraception. 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 contraceptive method a common word?

contraceptive method 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.