cautious

UK /ˈkɔːʃəs/ · AU, UK, NZ /ˈkoːʃəs/

Etymology From cauti(on) + -ous. Compare Latin cautus.

Synonyms

28 terms

alert, attentive, careful, cautelous, cautious, canny, chary, circumspect, conservative, deliberate, discreet, guarded, heedful, heedy, hesitant, meticulous, mindful, prudent, reckful, safe, sensible, shy, slow, tentative, timid, timorous, well-advised, wary

Antonyms

careless, incautious, neglecting, uncautious, aggressive, bellicose, daredevil, dauntless, reckless

Derived terms

cautiously, cautiousness, hypercautious, incautious, overcautious, supercautious, ultracautious, uncautious, undercautious

Related terms

caution, fastidious

Hypernyms

cowardly, nervous, wise

Hyponyms

frugal, jumpy, skittish, skittery, skitterish, spookish, squirrelly, vigilant