Careful

Adjective

 * 1) Having care (for); attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
 * 2) Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
 * 3)  Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
 * 4)  Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.

Adverbs for Careful
prudently; vigilantly; alertly; attentively; meticulously; extremely; particularly; intelligently; scrupulously; conscientiously; decorously; dutifully; obediently; admirably; thoughtfully; deliberately; ridiculously; significantly; comfortingly; considerately; warily; cautiously; absolutely; energetically; definitely; discreetly; wisely; singularly; strangely; expertly; nervously; unduly; characteristically; naturally; usually; laughably; uneasily; elaborately; unobtrusively; satisfactorily; exaggeratedly; habitually; fastidiously; solicitously; sedulously; unusually; infinitely; lovingly; prodigiously; indefatigably.

Synonyms for Careful
cautious, meticulous, attentive, vigilant, watchful, prudent, wary, mindful, scrupulous.

Antonyms for Careful
careless, unconcerned, negligent, thoughtless.

Derived terms

 * carefully

Thesaurus
considerate, critical, curious, deliberate, diligent, discreet, discriminating, discriminative, duteous, dutiful, earnest, economic, economizing, enlightened, exact, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, forehanded, foresighted, frugal, fussy, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, intense, intent, intentive, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, labor-saving, leaving out nothing, loving, meticulous, mindful, money-saving, nice, niggling, noncommittal, observant, observing, on guard, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, overconscientious, overlooking no possibility, overscrupulous, painstaking, parsimonious, particular, pawky, penny-wise, politic, precise, provident, prudent, prudential, punctilious, punctual, reflecting, reflective, regardful, religious, safe, saving, scrimping, scrupulous, skimping, slow to act, solicitous, spare, sparing, strict, studied, systematic, tender, tender-conscienced, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, thrifty, time-saving, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, unwasteful, vigilant, wary, watchful, well-advised, well-judged, accurate, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, aware, calculating, canny, cautious, chary, cheeseparing, circumspect, concentrated, conscientious, conscionable, conscious, conserving,

Alternative forms

 * carefull (obsolete)

Etymology
From, from carful:, cearful:, equivalent to.

Translations

 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 當心, 当心,
 * Crimean Tatar: saqt ol, muqayt ol
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: זהיר (zahyr), זהירה (zehira)
 * Italian: ,
 * Lojban:
 * Old English:
 * Polish:, ostrożna,  ostrożne
 * Portuguese:, ; , ,
 * Russian: аккуратный, осторожный, внимательный (attentive)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 過細, 过细, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,  doortastend
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: επιμελής


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: ,; ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, ,
 * Roman:, ,
 * Spanish: