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Synonyms for cautious
adj careful, guarded- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
More words related to cautious
calculating
adjective. scheming to manipulate
canny
adjective. clever, 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
conservative
adjective. cautious, moderate
deliberate
adjective. intentional
- 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
delicate
adjective. careful, tactful
distrustful
adjective. disbelieving
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.