Synonyms of preservative

preservative

adjective

as in protective

Related Words

• protective
• constructive
• creative
• nondestructive
• harmless
• innocuous
• formative
• useful
• productive
• healthful
• wholesome
• helpful
• ameliorative
• inoffensive
• healthy
• innocent
• salubrious
• nonlethal
• nonfatal

Dissimilar Words

• destructive
• disastrous
• ruinous
• devastating
• antibiotic
• calamitous
• poisonous
• vital
• lethal
• fatal
• biocidal
• devastative
• annihilatory
• deadly
• cataclysmal
• mortal
• virulent
• killer
• murderous
• deathly
• baleful
• fell
• pestilent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of preservative

But Kennedy and Geier say that vaccine ingredients like the preservative thimerosal are the culprits. — Jeneen Interlandi, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2026

As at Bar Part Time, which Dolezal owns with Jeremy Castillo and Dan Small, the wine selection will be zero-zero — the most stringent category of natural wine, in which nothing (not even the preservative sulfur dioxide) is added or removed during the winemaking process. — Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026

Over half were additives typically added to ultraprocessed foods; the rest were more natural options, such as the use of lemon juice as a preservative or beet juice for color. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026

What’s not in it is the alphabet soup of preservative enhancements that the health-minded crowd tries to avoid. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026