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Cautious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cautious? [n] people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" [adj] unwilling to take risks [adj] cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent; "a cautious answer"; "very cautious about believing everything she was told" [adj] showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver" [adj] avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cautious: cagey \| cagy \| careful \| chary \| conservative \| dilatory \| fabian \| gingerly \| guarded \| moderate \| overcautious \| restrained \| timid \| unadventurous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cautious: alert \| ambling \| attentive \| cagey \| calculating \| canny \| 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 \| snaillike \| snail-paced \| 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 See Also \| people Cautious In Webster's Dictionary \Cau"tious\, a. [Cf. L. cautus, fr. caver. See {Caution}.] Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general. Cautious feeling for another's pain. --Byron. Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue. --Watts. Syn: Wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent; circumspect; discreet; heedful; thoughtful; scrupulous; anxious; careful. Usage: {Cautious}, {Wary}, {Circumspect}. A man is cautious who realizes the constant possibility of danger; one may be wary, and yet bold and active; a man who is circumspect habitually examines things on every side in order to weigh and deliberate. It is necessary to be cautious at all times; to be wary in cases of extraordinary danger; to be circumspect in matters of peculiar delicacy and difficulty.

Cautious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cautious?

[n] people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"
[adj] unwilling to take risks
[adj] cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent; "a cautious answer"; "very cautious about believing everything she was told"
[adj] showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"
[adj] avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"

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Cautious In Webster's Dictionary

\Cau"tious\, a. [Cf. L. cautus, fr. caver. See
{Caution}.]
Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of
acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent;
circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.

      Cautious feeling for another's pain.     --Byron.

      Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue. --Watts.

Syn: Wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent; circumspect;
     discreet; heedful; thoughtful; scrupulous; anxious;
     careful.

Usage: {Cautious}, {Wary}, {Circumspect}. A man is cautious
       who realizes the constant possibility of danger; one
       may be wary, and yet bold and active; a man who is
       circumspect habitually examines things on every side
       in order to weigh and deliberate. It is necessary to
       be cautious at all times; to be wary in cases of
       extraordinary danger; to be circumspect in matters of
       peculiar delicacy and difficulty.

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