What are the opposite words for careful?
Careful means being cautious or taking care while doing something. The antonyms for careful are reckless, careless, and negligent. Reckless means doing something without any caution, without thinking of the consequences. Careless means not giving importance or attention to something, being neglectful. Negligent means not taking proper care or being irresponsible. These antonyms are opposite to careful and can lead to dangerous situations if not managed well. It is important to be mindful of our actions and surroundings and not act recklessly, carelessly, or negligently, as they can have long-lasting negative consequences.
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- careless
- wrong
- hasty
- foolish
- accidental
- fast
- slack
- rash
- tasteless
- thoughtless
- brave
- ignorant
- reckless
- neglectful
- dangerous
- wasteful
- unaware
- adventurous
- audacious
- barefaced
- bold
- brash
- crazy
- cursory
- daring
- delinquent
- dizzy
- extravagant
- giddy
- haphazard
- headlong
- heedless
- ill-advised
- impolitic
- improvident
- irresponsible
- lax
- offhand
- overconfident
- overmuch
- profligate
- shameless
- sketchy
- stupid
- unenthusiastic
- unguarded
- uninhibited
- unnecessary
- unwise
- brassy
- derelict
- excessive
- foolhardy
- idiotic
- ill-considered
- imprudent
- inadvertent
- incautious
- inessential
- lackadaisical
- lazy
- munificent
- negligent
- nonchalant
- perfunctory
- premature
- prodigal
- promiscuous
- remiss
- shortsighted
- superficial
- tactless
- unrestrained
- unthinking
- wanton
- wild
- all
- daring, risk-taking
- reckless, daring
- shameless; open
- slipshod
- impulsive, brazen
- vulgar, loud to the senses
- cautious; painstaking
- without sufficient attention
- coarse, insensitive
- unrealistic, fantastic
- casual, hasty
- hazardous, troubling
- irresponsible, defaulting
- careless, negligent
- flighty, scatterbrained
- indulgent, wasteful
- immoral, promiscuous
- impetuous, rash
- nonsensical, idiotic
- silly, impulsive
- precipitous/precipitate
- without plan or organization
- speedy; without much thought
- unwise, not thought out
- unwise, careless
- careless, spendthrift
- without much thought
- crass
- not careful
- without regard
- careless, reckless
- careless, indifferent
- inactive, sluggish
- offensive, gaudy
- easygoing, laid back
- overly sure of oneself
- automatic, unthinking
- earlier in occurrence than anticipated
- immoral, corrupt
- indiscriminately sexually active
- careless, impulsive
- careless, thoughtless
- not thinking clearly
- unmindful of future consequences
- rough, incomplete
- lazy, negligent
- careless; not well done
- not intelligent; irresponsible
- without depth, detail
- unthinking, careless
- cheap, vulgar
- absent-minded, unobservant
- free and easy; without restraint
- stupid, irresponsible
- extravagant, lustful
- not economical
- disorderly, rowdy
- immoral, dishonest
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
-
careless
- careless,
- heedless,
- indolent,
- lax,
- mindless,
- unheeding,
- unmindful,
- unreflective,
- unthinking,
- Pococurante,
- Uncircumspect,
- dis regardful,
- dis-regardful,
- in accurate,
- in different,
- in judicious,
- in-accurate,
- in-different,
- in-judicious,
- more napping,
- more pococurante,
- more uncircumspect,
- more unreflective,
- most napping,
- most pococurante,
- most uncircumspect,
- most unreflective,
- un circumspect,
- un concerned,
- un heeding,
- un mindful,
- un observant,
- un reflective,
- un studied,
- un-circumspect,
- un-concerned,
- un-heeding,
- un-mindful,
- un-observant,
- un-reflective,
- un-studied.
-
wrong
- amoral,
- unrighteous,
- dis honorable,
- dis-honorable,
- more amoral,
- more unrighteous,
- most amoral,
- most unrighteous,
- pro fane,
- pro-fane,
- un ethical,
- un godlier,
- un godliest,
- un godly,
- un holier,
- un holiest,
- un holy,
- un lawful,
- un-ethical,
- un-godlier,
- un-godliest,
- un-godly,
- un-holier,
- un-holiest,
- un-holy,
- un-lawful,
- un-righteous.
- hasty
- foolish
- accidental
-
fast
- devil may care,
- dis solute,
- dis-solute,
- in continent,
- in decent,
- in temperate,
- in-continent,
- in-decent,
- in-temperate,
- more gadabout,
- more self gratifying,
- more selfgratifying,
- most gadabout,
- most self gratifying,
- most selfgratifying,
- self gratifying,
- self indulgent,
- selfindulgent,
- un chaste,
- un chaster,
- un chastest,
- un-chaste,
- un-chaster,
- un-chastest.
- slack
- rash
-
tasteless
- low-down,
- lowdown,
- in decorous,
- in-decorous,
- low down,
- low down and dirty,
- low-down-and-dirty,
- more low down,
- more low-down,
- more lowdown,
- most low down and dirty,
- most low-down-and-dirty,
- most lowdown,
- off color,
- offcolor,
- un lovelier,
- un loveliest,
- un lovely,
- un sightlier,
- un sightliest,
- un-lovelier,
- un-lovely,
- un-sightliest,
- un-sightly.
- thoughtless
-
brave
- undismayed,
- Undauntable,
- chin up,
- Unfearful,
- chin-up,
- chinup,
- herolike,
- more chin up,
- more chin-up,
- more chinup,
- more herolike,
- more unblenching,
- more undauntable,
- more unfearful,
- most chin-up,
- most chinup,
- most herolike,
- most unblenching,
- most undismayed,
- un blenching,
- un dismayed,
- un fearful,
- un-blenching,
- un-dismayed,
- un-fearful.
- ignorant
- reckless
- neglectful
-
dangerous
- shaky,
- dangersome,
- ex posed,
- ex-posed,
- in secure,
- in securer,
- in securest,
- in-secure,
- in-securer,
- in-securest,
- more dangersome,
- more dynamite,
- most dangersome,
- most dynamite,
- on collision course,
- pre carious,
- pre-carious,
- touch and go,
- un healthier,
- un healthiest,
- un healthy,
- un safe,
- un safer,
- un safest,
- un stable,
- un stabler,
- un stablest,
- un-healthier,
- un-healthiest,
- un-healthy,
- un-safe,
- un-safer,
- un-safest,
- un-stable,
- un-stabler,
- un-stablest.
- wasteful
-
unaware
- deaf to,
- Inconversant,
- out cold,
- in a daze,
- not cognizant,
- not all there,
- in cognizant,
- in conversant,
- in daze,
- in sensible,
- in-cognizant,
- in-sensible,
- more inconversant,
- more mooning,
- not there,
- un acquainted,
- un aware,
- un enlightened,
- un familiar,
- un informed,
- un instructed,
- un knowing,
- un suspecting,
- un-acquainted,
- un-aware,
- un-enlightened,
- un-familiar,
- un-informed,
- un-instructed,
- un-knowing,
- un-suspecting.
- adventurous
- audacious
- barefaced
- bold
-
brash
- flipper,
- nervy,
- self-asserting,
- flippest,
- ill advised,
- in considerate,
- in discreet,
- in-considerate,
- in-discreet,
- more self asserting,
- more self-asserting,
- more selfasserting,
- most self asserting,
- most self-asserting,
- most selfasserting,
- pre sumptuous,
- pre-sumptuous,
- self asserting,
- selfasserting,
- selfassertive,
- un tactful,
- un-diplomatic,
- un-tactful,
- up pity,
- up-pity.
-
crazy
- derisory,
- ill-conceived,
- beyond all reason,
- beyond reason,
- ill conceived,
- illconceived,
- in appropriate,
- in sane,
- in saner,
- in sanest,
- in-appropriate,
- in-sane,
- in-saner,
- more derisory,
- more ill-conceived,
- more illconceived,
- most derisory,
- most ill conceived,
- most ill-conceived,
- out all reason,
- out of all reason,
- out of reason,
- un workable,
- un-workable.
- cursory
- daring
- delinquent
- dizzy
- extravagant
-
giddy
- changeful,
- flighty,
- unsteady,
- bubbleheaded,
- ditzy,
- be mused,
- be-mused,
- ditzier,
- ditziest,
- in-constant,
- more bubbleheaded,
- more changeful,
- more flustered,
- most bubbleheaded,
- most changeful,
- most flustered,
- un settled,
- un steadier,
- un steadiest,
- un steady,
- un-settled,
- un-steadier,
- un-steadiest,
- un-steady,
- unsteadiest.
-
haphazard
- unconscious,
- unmethodical,
- Designless,
- Willy nilly,
- any old way,
- all over the map,
- all over map,
- de signless,
- de-signless,
- dis orderly,
- dis organized,
- dis-orderly,
- dis-organized,
- fluker,
- flukest,
- helter skelter,
- helterskelter,
- in discriminate,
- in-discriminate,
- more designless,
- more unmethodical,
- most designless,
- un conscious,
- un considered,
- un expected,
- un methodical,
- un premeditated,
- un systematic,
- un-conscious,
- un-considered,
- un-expected,
- un-methodical,
- un-organized,
- un-premeditated,
- un-systematic,
- willynilly.
- headlong
- heedless
-
ill-advised
- ill-judged,
- overhasty,
- ill judged,
- illadvised,
- illjudged,
- in expedient,
- in-expedient,
- mis-guided,
- more ill judged,
- more ill-judged,
- most ill judged,
- most ill-judged,
- most illjudged,
- off the top head,
- off the top of one head,
- off the top of one's head,
- off the top one head,
- off the top one's head,
- off the top ones head,
- off top head,
- off top of head,
- off top of one head,
- off top of one's head,
- off top of ones head,
- off top one head,
- off top one's head,
- off top ones head,
- over hasty,
- over-hasty,
- un seemlier,
- un seemliest,
- un seemly,
- un-seemlier,
- un-seemliest.
- impolitic
- improvident
- irresponsible
- lax
- offhand
- overconfident
-
overmuch
- overboard,
- overkill,
- plethoric,
- unmeasurable,
- Recrementitious,
- too many,
- dis proportionate,
- dis-proportionate,
- more overboard,
- more overkill,
- more plethoric,
- more recrementitious,
- most overboard,
- most plethoric,
- most recrementitious,
- most unmeasurable,
- over abundant,
- over board,
- over kill,
- over much,
- over-abundant,
- over-kill,
- sky high,
- skyhigh,
- super natural,
- super-natural,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un measurable,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest,
- un-measurable.
- profligate
- shameless
- sketchy
- stupid
- unenthusiastic
- unguarded
-
uninhibited
- unhampered,
- unrepressed,
- unselfconscious,
- unsuppressed,
- unself-conscious,
- fancy free,
- fancyfree,
- more liberated,
- more unhampered,
- more unrepressed,
- more unself conscious,
- more unself-conscious,
- more unselfconscious,
- more unsuppressed,
- most liberated,
- most unhampered,
- most unrepressed,
- most unself conscious,
- most unself-conscious,
- most unselfconscious,
- most unsuppressed,
- un checked,
- un constrained,
- un hampered,
- un inhibited,
- un repressed,
- un self-conscious,
- un selfconscious,
- un suppressed,
- un-checked,
- un-hampered,
- un-inhibited,
- un-repressed,
- un-reserved,
- un-self-conscious,
- un-selfconscious,
- un-suppressed,
- unself conscious.
- unnecessary
- unwise
- brassy
- derelict
- excessive
- foolhardy
- idiotic
- ill-considered
- imprudent
- inadvertent
-
incautious
- unalert,
- unvigilant,
- unwatchful,
- caught napping,
- fast-and-loose,
- foot in mouth,
- foot-in-mouth,
- in cautious,
- in-cautious,
- more fast and loose,
- more fast-and-loose,
- more foot in mouth,
- more foot-in-mouth,
- more unalert,
- more unvigilant,
- more unwatchful,
- most fast and loose,
- most fast-and-loose,
- most foot in mouth,
- most foot-in-mouth,
- most unalert,
- most unvigilant,
- most unwatchful,
- off guard,
- pay no mind,
- sticking neck out,
- sticking one neck out,
- sticking one's neck out,
- sticking ones neck out,
- un alert,
- un vigilant,
- un watchful,
- un-alert,
- un-vigilant,
- un-watchful.
-
inessential
- causeless,
- noncompulsory,
- Non-essential,
- beside point,
- ex cess,
- ex-cess,
- in essential,
- in-essential,
- more causeless,
- more excess,
- more noncompulsory,
- most excess,
- most noncompulsory,
- non compulsory,
- non essential,
- sur plusser,
- sur plussest,
- sur-plusser,
- sur-plussest,
- un essential,
- un needed,
- un required,
- un-essential,
- un-needed.
- lackadaisical
-
lazy
- slow-moving,
- unenergetic,
- unready,
- out of it,
- asleep on the job,
- asleep the job,
- more dallying,
- more slow moving,
- more slow-moving,
- more unenergetic,
- more unindustrious,
- more unpersevering,
- most laggard,
- most slow moving,
- most slow-moving,
- most slowmoving,
- most unenergetic,
- most unindustrious,
- most unpersevering,
- most unready,
- out it,
- slow moving,
- slowmoving,
- snoozier,
- snooziest,
- snoozy,
- un industrious,
- un persevering,
- un ready,
- un-energetic,
- un-industrious,
- un-persevering,
- un-ready.
- munificent
- negligent
-
nonchalant
- unexcited,
- Disimpassioned,
- Unimpressible,
- dis impassioned,
- dis passionate,
- dis-impassioned,
- dis-passionate,
- more disimpassioned,
- more unexcited,
- more unimpressible,
- most disimpassioned,
- most unexcited,
- most unimpressible,
- un emotional,
- un excited,
- un feeling,
- un flappable,
- un impressible,
- un perturbed,
- un ruffled,
- un troubled,
- un-emotional,
- un-excited,
- un-impressible,
- un-perturbed,
- un-ruffled,
- un-troubled.
- perfunctory
-
premature
- too soon,
- unfledged,
- Halfcocked,
- Oversoon,
- half-cocked,
- a bit previous,
- half cocked,
- in complete,
- in opportune,
- in-complete,
- in-opportune,
- more half cocked,
- more half-cocked,
- more halfcocked,
- more overearly,
- more oversoon,
- more predeveloped,
- more unfledged,
- most half cocked,
- most half-cocked,
- most halfcocked,
- most overearly,
- most oversoon,
- most predeveloped,
- over early,
- over soon,
- over-early,
- over-soon,
- overearly,
- pre developed,
- pre mature,
- pre maturer,
- pre maturest,
- pre-developed,
- pre-mature,
- pre-maturer,
- pre-maturest,
- predeveloped,
- un fledged,
- un ripe,
- un ripest,
- un-developed,
- un-fledged,
- un-ripe,
- un-riper,
- un-ripest.
- prodigal
- promiscuous
- remiss
- shortsighted
-
superficial
- uncritical,
- on the surface,
- flashest,
- more quick fix,
- more quick-fix,
- more quickfix,
- more smattery,
- more warped,
- most quick fix,
- most quick-fix,
- most quickfix,
- most smattery,
- most warped,
- on surface,
- one dimensional,
- onedimensional,
- quickfix,
- shoaler,
- shoalest,
- skin deep,
- skindeep,
- smattery,
- sur face,
- sur-face,
- tip iceberg,
- tip of iceberg,
- tip of the iceberg,
- tip the iceberg.
-
tactless
- Unconsiderate,
- dis courteous,
- dis-courteous,
- in sensitive,
- in-sensitive,
- mis understanding,
- mis-understanding,
- more misunderstanding,
- more unconsiderate,
- most misunderstanding,
- most unconsiderate,
- un civil,
- un considerate,
- un kind,
- un kinder,
- un kindest,
- un perceptive,
- un polished,
- un subtle,
- un subtler,
- un sympathetic,
- un-civil,
- un-considerate,
- un-kind,
- un-kinder,
- un-kindest,
- un-perceptive,
- un-subtle,
- un-subtler,
- un-subtlest.
- unrestrained
- unthinking
-
wanton
- motiveless,
- unprovoked,
- uncalledfor,
- hot and cold,
- hot cold,
- more double crossing,
- more double-crossing,
- more fluctuating,
- more motiveless,
- more unprovoked,
- most double crossing,
- most double-crossing,
- most doublecrossing,
- most motiveless,
- most unprovoked,
- un asked,
- un fair,
- un fairer,
- un fairest,
- un fettered,
- un just,
- un juster,
- un justest,
- un justifiable,
- un justified,
- un provoked,
- un scrupulous,
- un-asked,
- un-fair,
- un-fairer,
- un-fairest,
- un-fettered,
- un-just,
- un-juster,
- un-justest,
- un-justifiable,
- un-justified,
- un-provoked,
- un-scrupulous,
- up down,
- x rated,
- xrated.
- wild
- all
- daring, risk-taking
- reckless, daring
- shameless; open
-
slipshod
- junky,
- be draggled,
- be-draggled,
- unthorough,
- fouled-up,
- fouledup,
- junkier,
- junkiest,
- messed-up,
- messedup,
- more botched,
- more fouled up,
- more fouled-up,
- more fouledup,
- more messed up,
- more messed-up,
- more messedup,
- more screwed up,
- more screwed-up,
- more screwedup,
- more unmeticulous,
- more unthorough,
- most botched,
- most fouled up,
- most fouled-up,
- most fouledup,
- most messed up,
- most messed-up,
- most messedup,
- most screwed up,
- most screwed-up,
- most screwedup,
- most unmeticulous,
- most unthorough,
- screwed-up,
- screwedup,
- un kempt,
- un kempter,
- un kemptest,
- un meticulous,
- un tidier,
- un tidiest,
- un tidy,
- un-kempt,
- un-kempter,
- un-kemptest,
- un-meticulous,
- un-tidier,
- un-tidiest,
- un-tidy,
- unmeticulous.
- impulsive, brazen
- vulgar, loud to the senses
- cautious; painstaking
- without sufficient attention
- coarse, insensitive
- unrealistic, fantastic
- casual, hasty
- hazardous, troubling
- irresponsible, defaulting
- careless, negligent
- flighty, scatterbrained
- indulgent, wasteful
-
immoral, promiscuous
- fast.
- impetuous, rash
- nonsensical, idiotic
- silly, impulsive
-
precipitous/precipitate
- unanticipated,
- Subitaneous,
- without warning,
- gone half cocked,
- gone half-cocked,
- gone halfcocked,
- gone off half cocked,
- gone off half-cocked,
- gone off halfcocked,
- harum scarum,
- jump gun,
- more subitaneous,
- more unanticipated,
- most precipitate,
- most subitaneous,
- most unanticipated,
- off the hip,
- off the top of head,
- un anticipated,
- un controlled,
- un foreseen,
- un-anticipated,
- un-controlled,
- un-foreseen.
- without plan or organization
- speedy; without much thought
- unwise, not thought out
- unwise, careless
- careless, spendthrift
- without much thought
- crass
- not careful
- without regard
- careless, reckless
- careless, indifferent
-
inactive, sluggish
- lazy.
-
offensive, gaudy
- loud.
- easygoing, laid back
- overly sure of oneself
- automatic, unthinking
- earlier in occurrence than anticipated
- immoral, corrupt
- indiscriminately sexually active
-
careless, impulsive
- rash.
- careless, thoughtless
- not thinking clearly
- unmindful of future consequences
- rough, incomplete
- lazy, negligent
- careless; not well done
- not intelligent; irresponsible
- without depth, detail
- unthinking, careless
- cheap, vulgar
- absent-minded, unobservant
- free and easy; without restraint
- stupid, irresponsible
- extravagant, lustful
- not economical
-
disorderly, rowdy
- wild.
- immoral, dishonest
-
Other relevant words
- off-hand,
- apathetic,
- asleep,
- drowsy,
- dull,
- halfhearted,
- hurried,
- impetuous,
- imprecise,
- improvident,
- imprudent,
- inaccurate,
- inadvertent,
- inattentive,
- inconsiderate,
- indifferent,
- indiscreet,
- injudicious,
- lackadaisical,
- mindless,
- oblivious,
- rash,
- regardless,
- thoughtless,
- undemanding,
- undiscriminating,
- unguarded,
- unintentional,
- unplanned,
- unsafe,
- venturesome.
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Other antonyms
- fast,
- loud,
- obvious,
- rough,
- unconscious,
- unmindful,
- wild,
- easy-going.
Antonym of the day
split down the middle
- Antonyms:
- combine, join.
