prophylactic device

1. 1.

   an agent or device intended to prevent conception

   Synonymscontraceptivepreventivepreventativecontraceptive devicebirth control device

   Broaderdevice

   Narrowercervical capcoilcondomdiaphragmintrauterine devicemorning-after pillpillspermicide

Questions about prophylactic device

What does prophylactic device mean?

prophylactic device means "an agent or device intended to prevent conception".

What is another word for prophylactic device?

Close synonyms include contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, birth control 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 prophylactic device a common word?

prophylactic 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.