| Main Entry: | protective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | guarding, securing |
Synonyms: |
careful, conservational, conservative, covering, custodial, defensive, emergency, guardian, insulating, jealous, possessive, preservative, protecting, safeguarding, sheltering, shielding, vigilant, warm, watchful |
Antonyms: |
attacking, harmful, hurtful, injurious, threatening |
| Main Entry: | careful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious; painstaking |
Synonyms: |
accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, going to great lengths, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular, playing safe, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, selfdisciplined, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary |
Antonyms: |
careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, uncareful, unconcerned, unscrupulous |
| Main Entry: | jealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous; wary |
Synonyms: |
anxious, apprehensive, attentive, begrudging, covetous, demanding, doubting, emulous, envious, envying, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessive, possessory, protective, questioning, resentful, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous |
| Notes: | jealous means envious or fearful of being replaced by a rival; zealous means marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
Antonyms: |
confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful |
| Main Entry: | parental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having the quality or nature of a parent |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, benevolent, benign, caring, comforting, devoted, fatherly, fond, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, kind, loving, maternal, matriarchal, motherly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, sheltering, supportive, tender, warm, watchful |
| Main Entry: | fatherly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | parently |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, benevolent, benign, forbearing, indulgent, kind, kindly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive, tender |
Antonyms: |
maternally, motherly |
| Main Entry: | maternal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | motherly |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, kind, parental, protective, sympathetic |
Antonyms: |
paternal |
| Main Entry: | motherly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | caring |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, careful, caretaking, comforting, devoted, fond, gentle, kind, loving, maternal, nurturing, protecting, protective, sheltering, supporting, sympathetic, tender, warm, watchful |
| Main Entry: | paternal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fatherly |
Synonyms: |
benevolent, concerned, fatherlike, patrilineal, patrimonial, protective, solicitous, vigilant |
Antonyms: |
maternal |
| Main Entry: | preservative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | saving |
Synonyms: |
conservative, conservatory, defensive, precautionary, protective, safeguarding |
| Main Entry: | preventive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deterrent |
Synonyms: |
defending, defensive, precautionary, protective |