| prevention | (noun) the act of preventing | Synonyms: bar |
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| preventive | (adjective) tending to prevent or hinder | Synonyms: preventative |
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| (adjective) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease | Synonyms: preventative, prophylactic |
| (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventative, prophylactic |
| (noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception | Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, prophylactic device |
| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative |
| preventiveness | (noun) The property of preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to something. | - |
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| preview | (noun) a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public | - |
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| (noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: prevue, trailer |
| (verb) watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public | - |
| previous | (adjective) too soon or too hasty | Synonyms: premature |
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| (adjective) (used especially of persons) of the immediate past | Synonyms: former, late |
| (adjective) just preceding something else in time or order | Synonyms: old |
| previously | (adverb) at an earlier time or formerly | Synonyms: antecedently |
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| previse | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, foresee |
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| (verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: forewarn |
| prevision | (noun) the power to foresee the future | Synonyms: prescience |
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| (noun) a prophetic vision (as in a dream) | - |
| (noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, foresight, prospicience |
| (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: anticipation, prediction |
| prevue | (noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: preview, trailer |
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| prewar | (adjective) existing or belonging to a time before a war | - |
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| prexy | (noun) the head administrative officer of a college or university | Synonyms: president |
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| prey | (noun) animal hunted or caught for food | Synonyms: quarry |
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| (noun) a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence | Synonyms: fair game, quarry, target |
| (verb) profit from in an exploitatory manner | Synonyms: feed |
| (verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: predate, raven |