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 in 1999 the AAP recommended pausing the birth dose in babies born to mothers who tested negative for hepatitis B, because of concerns at the time about the vaccine preservative thimerosal. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026

Moonbowls also serves preservative-free and plant-based alternatives. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026

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