What are the opposite words for cautious?
Cautious means taking care to avoid potential danger or risks. The antonyms for cautious are reckless, thoughtless and impulsive. Someone who is reckless acts without thinking about the consequences of their actions. They might do something that puts themselves or others in harm's way. Thoughtless people don't consider the feelings of others and act without thinking about what impact their actions might have. Impulsive people are prone to acting on their emotions without thinking about the consequences. These words are the opposite of cautious and can lead to negative outcomes, making it important to be aware of their meaning and usage.
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- group
- hasty
- impulsive
- foolish
- accidental
- disobedient
- capricious
- courageous
- rash
- game
- thoughtless
- brave
- resolute
- reckless
- wasteful
- adventurous
- audacious
- bold
- brash
- daring
- gutsy
- headlong
- heedless
- idealistic
- ill-advised
- impolitic
- outspoken
- overconfident
- quixotic
- self-assured
- self-confident
- shameless
- spirited
- unguarded
- unwary
- unwise
- brassy
- cocky
- foolhardy
- idiotic
- ill-considered
- impetuous
- imprudent
- inadvertent
- incautious
- premature
- presumptuous
- shortsighted
- unruly
- unthinking
- all
- daring, risk-taking
- reckless, daring
- impulsive, brazen
- vulgar, loud to the senses
- given to sudden behavior change
- without sufficient attention
- careful, guarded
- brave, bold
- determined, strong-willed
- careless
- impetuous, rash
- nonsensical, idiotic
- brave, willing
- precipitous/precipitate
- speedy; without much thought
- unwise, not thought out
- acting without thinking
- unwise, careless
- without much thought
- tending to act without thought
- not careful
- without regard
- offensive, gaudy
- overly sure of oneself
- earlier in occurrence than anticipated
- careless, impulsive
- unmindful of future consequences
- lively, vivacious
- absent-minded, unobservant
- thoughtless, heedless
- stupid, irresponsible
- not economical
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- group
- hasty
-
impulsive
- unprompted,
- ad lib,
- ADLIB,
- Unmeditated,
- gone deep end,
- gone off deep end,
- hot and cold,
- hot-and-cold,
- in voluntary,
- in-voluntary,
- more hot and cold,
- more hot-and-cold,
- more unmeditated,
- more unprompted,
- most hot and cold,
- most hot-and-cold,
- most unmeditated,
- most unprompted,
- un considered,
- un meditated,
- un prompted,
- un-considered,
- un-meditated,
- un-prompted.
- foolish
- accidental
- disobedient
-
capricious
- changeful,
- yo-yo,
- Humorsome,
- Vagarious,
- YOYO,
- any way the wind blows,
- any way wind blows,
- helter skelter,
- helterskelter,
- in-constant,
- more changeful,
- more vagarious,
- more yo yo,
- more yo-yo,
- more yoyo,
- most changeful,
- most humorsome,
- most vagarious,
- most yo yo,
- most yo-yo,
- un predictable,
- un reasonable,
- un stable,
- un stabler,
- un stablest,
- un-predictable,
- un-reasonable,
- un-stable,
- un-stabler,
- un-stablest,
- up down,
- yo yo.
-
courageous
- Impavid,
- fire-eating,
- fireeating,
- high spirited,
- more fire eating,
- more fire-eating,
- more fireeating,
- more impavid,
- more red blooded,
- more red-blooded,
- more redblooded,
- more trojan,
- most fire eating,
- most fire-eating,
- most fireeating,
- most impavid,
- most red blooded,
- most red-blooded,
- most redblooded,
- most trojan,
- red blooded,
- redblooded,
- stand tall.
- rash
- game
- thoughtless
-
brave
- bold,
- gutsy,
- hardy,
- stalwart,
- undismayed,
- Undauntable,
- chin up,
- stouter,
- Unblenching,
- Unfearful,
- chin-up,
- chinup,
- herolike,
- more chin up,
- more chin-up,
- more chinup,
- more herolike,
- more unblenching,
- more undauntable,
- more undismayed,
- more unfearful,
- most chin up,
- most chin-up,
- most chinup,
- most herolike,
- most unblenching,
- most undauntable,
- most undismayed,
- most unfearful,
- un blenching,
- un dismayed,
- un fearful,
- un-blenching,
- un-dismayed,
- un-fearful.
-
resolute
- dead set on,
- in flexible,
- in-flexible,
- intent up on,
- intent upon,
- more persisting,
- more resolved,
- most persisting,
- most resolved,
- re solute,
- re-solute,
- re-solved,
- un bending,
- un changing,
- un compromising,
- un faltering,
- un shaken,
- un wavering,
- un yielding,
- un-bending,
- un-changing,
- un-compromising,
- un-faltering,
- un-flagging,
- un-shakable,
- un-shaken,
- un-wavering,
- un-yielding.
- reckless
-
wasteful
- overgenerous,
- pound-foolish,
- thriftless,
- Dissipative,
- in continent,
- in-continent,
- more dissipative,
- more pound foolish,
- more poundfoolish,
- more spendthrift,
- more squandering,
- more thriftless,
- more uneconomical,
- most dissipative,
- most overgenerous,
- most pound foolish,
- most pound-foolish,
- most spendthrift,
- most thriftless,
- most uneconomical,
- over done,
- over generous,
- over-generous,
- pound foolish,
- poundfoolish,
- pro fuse,
- pro-fuse,
- un thriftier,
- un thriftiest,
- un thrifty,
- un-thriftier,
- un-thriftiest,
- un-thrifty.
- adventurous
- audacious
- bold
-
brash
- flipper,
- insolent,
- 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,
- self asserting,
- selfasserting,
- selfassertive,
- un tactful,
- un-diplomatic,
- un-tactful,
- up pity,
- up-pity.
- daring
- gutsy
- headlong
- heedless
- idealistic
-
ill-advised
- ill-judged,
- overhasty,
- ill judged,
- illadvised,
- illjudged,
- in appropriate,
- in expedient,
- in-appropriate,
- 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
-
outspoken
- outspoken,
- un-reticent,
- pointblank,
- calling spade a spade,
- calling spade spade,
- laying it line,
- laying it on line,
- laying it on the line,
- laying it the line,
- laying line,
- laying on line,
- laying on the line,
- laying the line,
- more unreticent,
- most plain spoken,
- most plain-spoken,
- most unreticent,
- out spoken,
- out-spoken,
- plain spoken,
- point blank,
- un equivocal,
- un reticent,
- un-ceremonious,
- un-equivocal,
- unreticent.
- overconfident
- quixotic
- self-assured
- self-confident
- shameless
- spirited
- unguarded
- unwary
- unwise
- brassy
-
cocky
- hotshot,
- hotdogger,
- know it all,
- more hotdogger,
- more hotshot,
- more know it all,
- more know-it-all,
- more swaggering,
- more swollen headed,
- more swollen-headed,
- more swollenheaded,
- most hotdogger,
- most know it all,
- most know-it-all,
- most swaggering,
- most swollen headed,
- most swollen-headed,
- most swollenheaded,
- selfconfident,
- smart guy,
- smartier,
- smartiest,
- swollen headed.
- foolhardy
- idiotic
- ill-considered
- impetuous
- imprudent
- inadvertent
-
incautious
- unalert,
- unvigilant,
- unwatchful,
- any old way,
- 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.
-
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.
- presumptuous
- shortsighted
- unruly
- unthinking
- all
- daring, risk-taking
- reckless, daring
- impulsive, brazen
- vulgar, loud to the senses
- given to sudden behavior change
- without sufficient attention
- careful, guarded
- brave, bold
- determined, strong-willed
-
careless
- heedless,
- indolent,
- lax,
- mindless,
- offhand,
- 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.
- impetuous, rash
- nonsensical, idiotic
-
brave, willing
- game.
-
precipitous/precipitate
- unanticipated,
- 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 unanticipated,
- most precipitate,
- most unanticipated,
- off hip,
- off the hip,
- off the top of head,
- un anticipated,
- un controlled,
- un foreseen,
- un-anticipated,
- un-controlled,
- un-foreseen.
- speedy; without much thought
- unwise, not thought out
- acting without thinking
- unwise, careless
- without much thought
- tending to act without thought
- not careful
- without regard
-
offensive, gaudy
- loud.
- overly sure of oneself
- earlier in occurrence than anticipated
-
careless, impulsive
- rash.
- unmindful of future consequences
- lively, vivacious
- absent-minded, unobservant
- thoughtless, heedless
- stupid, irresponsible
- not economical
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
doth to a turn
- Antonyms:
- abstain, avoid, bear.
