1. Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind
   "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective colouring"; "protective tariffs" 
2. Showing care
   "a protective mother" 
3. (usually followed by 'of') solicitously caring or mindful
   "protective of his reputation"

See also: antifertility, careful, cautionary, contraceptive, custodial, defensive, evasive, overprotective, preservative, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, protect, protecting, protectively, protectiveness, restrictive, safety-related, tender, tutelar, tutelary

Antonym: unprotective

• Eames
• Eames chair
• Eamon de Valera
• ear
• ear canal
• ear doctor
• ear fungus
• ear hole
• ear specialist
• ear trumpet
• ear-like
• ear-nose-and-throat doctor
• ear-shaped
• ear-shell
• earache
• eardrop
• eardrum
• eared
• eared grebe
• eared seal
• earflap
• earful
• Earhart
• earing
• earl