preparative

1. 1.

   preceding and preparing for something

   “preparatory steps”

   Synonymspreparatorypropaedeutic

   Similarpreceding

Questions about preparative

What does preparative mean?

preparative means "preceding and preparing for something".

How many syllables are in preparative?

preparative has 4 syllables: pre-pa-ra-tive. The stress falls on "pa".

What is another word for preparative?

Close synonyms include preparatory, propaedeutic. 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 preparative a common word?

preparative 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.