Cautious

Adjective

 * 1) careful; using or exercising caution; tentative

Adverbs for Cautious
discreetly; prudently; wisely; significantly; ludicrously; suspiciously; habitually; singularly; unnecessarily; timidly; extraordinarily; alertly; stealthily; curiously; strangely; oddly; outlandishly; sagaciously; expertly; deftly; foolishly; unwontedly; nervously; excitedly; idiotically; incomprehensibly; queerly; cravenly; faintheartedly; genuinely; unduly; inexplicably; laughably; characteristically; gravely; uneasily; extravagantly; elaborately; quietly; unobtrusively; undoubtedly; inherently.

Synonyms for Cautious
watchful, wary, careful, prudent, circumspect, attentive, discreet, thoughtful, calculating.

Antonyms for Cautious
neglecting, careless, incautious, rash, impetuous, headstrong, unthinking, heedless, hasty.

Derived terms

 * overcautious

Thesaurus
careful, chary, circumspect, claudicant, considerate, cozy, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, curious, deliberate, demurring, diffident, discreet, disinclined to believe, disposed to doubt, easy, expedient, faltering, flagging, foot-dragging, foresighted, forethoughtful, gentle, gingerly, gradual, guarded, halting, hard of belief, heedful, hesitant, hesitating, hobbled, hobbling, idle, impervious to persuasion, inconvincible, incredulous, indolent, jibbing, judicious, languid, languorous, lazy, leaving out nothing, leery, leisurely, limping, loving, lumbering, mindful, moderate, noncommittal, on guard, overlooking no possibility, pawky, poking, poky, politic, precautious, provident, prudent, regardful, relaxed, reluctant, safe, sauntering, scheming, scrupling, shilly-shallying, shrewd, shuffling, shy of belief, skeptical, slack, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow to act, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, solicitous, staggering, sticking, stickling, straining, strolling, suspecting, suspicious, tender, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, timid, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering, trudging, turtlelike, unadventurous, uncommunicative, unconvincible, uncredulous, undaring, unenterprising, unhurried, unpersuadable, unpersuasible, unprecipitate, unwilling to accept, vigilant, waddling, wary, watchful, alert, ambling, attentive, cagey, calculating, canny,

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bengali: সতর্ক
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 謹慎, 谨慎, 慎重
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,


 * Hindi: सतर्क
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 慎重
 * Latin: cautus
 * Polish:
 * Russian: осторожный, внимательный
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Urdu: سترک
 * Volapük: prüdik