Deterrent and Proactive

Deterrent adjective - Tending to deter.

Proactive and deterrent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proactive" instead an adjective "Deterrent".

Nearby Words: deterred, deterrence, deterring

Proactive adjective - (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens.

Deterrent and proactive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deterrent" instead an adjective "Proactive".