Synonyms for cautious
- circumspect
- discreet
- judicious
- leery
- prudent
- tentative
- vigilant
- wary
- watchful
- alert
- safe
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- chary
- considerate
- forethoughtful
- gingerly
- hedging one's bets
- heedful
- keeping on one's toes
- on the lookout
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- provident
- pussyfoot
- shrewd
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- thinking twice
- walking on eggs
- watching one's step
- watching out
- with one's eyes peeled
Antonyms for cautious
- careless
- certain
- foolish
- inattentive
- incautious
- indiscreet
- negligent
- rash
- reckless
- sure
- thoughtless
- uncareful
- unwise
- hasty
- heedless
- imprudent
- unguarded
- unobservant
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR CAUTIOUS
My errors, however, have at least made me cautious and doubtful of my own conclusions.
"Be cautious," said the calm voice which had before spoken to him.
The cautious reply is, "I don't know; are you inclined to give me an offer?"
Something else was there, which I did see; instantly my cautious advance was arrested.
But we should be cautious in passing our judgment, lest we also be judged.
They are desperate fellows, these coiners, always; better be cautious.
And so, my lads, it behooves us to be cautious with a very great caution.
Cautious as a deer-stalker, he ascended, still on his hands and knees.
Ah, you were altogether too cautious just now to become so brave all at once.
He was passing a thicket that skirted the road, when a cautious "Hist!"
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR CAUTIOUS
calculating
adjectivescheming to manipulatecanny
adjectiveclever, artful- able
- acute
- adroit
- astute
- cagey
- careful
- cautious
- circumspect
- cunning
- dexterous
- discreet
- foxy
- frugal
- having fancy footwork
- hep
- ingenious
- intelligent
- judicious
- knowing
- nimble-witted
- perspicacious
- prudent
- quick
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- shrewd
- skillful
- slick
- slippery
- sly
- smart
- smooth
- street smart
- streetwise
- subtle
- wary
- watchful
- wise
- with it
- worldly-wise
deliberate
adjectiveintentional- advised
- aforethought
- calculated
- careful
- cautious
- cold-blooded
- conscious
- considered
- cut-and-dried
- designed
- designful
- done on purpose
- express
- fixed
- intended
- judged
- meticulous
- planned
- pondered
- prearranged
- predesigned
- predeterminate
- predetermined
- premeditated
- prepense
- projected
- provident
- prudent
- purposed
- purposeful
- purposive
- reasoned
- resolved
- schemed
- scrupulous
- studied
- studious
- thought out
- thoughtful
- voluntary
- wary
- weighed
- willful
- with forethought
- witting