What is another word for careful?
756 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kˈe͡əfə͡l], [ kˈeəfəl], [ k_ˈeə_f_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for careful:- accurate (adjective)
- alert (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- all-encompassing (adjective)
- anxious (adjective)
- attentive (adjective)
- businesslike (adjective)
- cagey (adjective)
- calculating (adjective)
- canny (adjective)
- cautious (adjective)
- cautious; painstaking (adjective)
- circumspect (adjective)
- correct (adjective)
- critical (adjective)
- deliberate (adjective)
- delicate (adjective)
- diligent (adjective)
- discreet (adjective)
- discriminating (adjective)
- elaborate (adjective)
- exact (adjective)
- exacting (adjective)
- fastidious (adjective)
- frugal (adjective)
- full-dress (adjective)
- fussy (adjective)
- guarded (adjective)
- judicious (adjective)
- leery (adjective)
- measured (adjective)
- methodic (adjective)
- methodical (adjective)
- methodical/methodic (adjective)
- mindful (adjective)
- minute (adjective)
- moderate (adjective)
- motherly (adjective)
- nice (adjective)
- noncommittal (adjective)
- on one's guard (adjective)
- on the ball (adjective)
- on time (adjective)
- open-eyed (adjective)
- orderly (adjective)
- painstaking (adjective)
- protective (adjective)
- prudent (adjective)
- punctual (adjective)
- regardful (adjective)
- reliable (adjective)
- safe (adjective)
- sage (adjective)
- saving (adjective)
- selective (adjective)
- solicitous (adjective)
- studious (adjective)
- suspicious (adjective)
- thorough (adjective)
- thorough/thoroughgoing (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- thrifty (adjective)
- unsleeping (adjective)
- veridical (adjective)
- vigilant (adjective)
- wakeful (adjective)
- watchful (adjective)
- wise (adjective)
- aware (noun)
- blow-by-blow (noun)
- careful (noun)
- discriminating (verb)
- other synonyms
- careful
- maternal
- obsessive
- thorough
- urbane
Synonyms for Careful:
adj.
•accurate (adjective)- severe,
- de fined,
- re gular,
- un-erring,
- more careful,
- un-mistakable,
- unerring,
- most defined,
- un erring,
- more concrete,
- dis criminative,
- explicit,
- on button,
- more defined,
- dis-criminative,
- veracious,
- on money,
- more ultraprecise,
- de-finite,
- ultra-precise,
- de tailed,
- de-fined,
- most ultraprecise,
- on nose,
- matter-of-fact,
- on the money,
- re-gular,
- un mistakable,
- ultra precise,
- de finite,
- ultraprecise,
- de-tailed.
- jazzed,
- fast draw,
- on job,
- most jazzed,
- quick,
- wide awake,
- fast on draw,
- quickest,
- more intelligent,
- on ones toes,
- on one toes,
- observant,
- fast the draw,
- more jazzed,
- on qui vive.
- more bugged,
- more spooked,
- uneasy,
- un-quietest,
- up-tight,
- un-easiest,
- un quiet,
- more hyper,
- more clutched,
- un glued,
- worried sick,
- dis tressed,
- in tizzy,
- un-easy,
- most disquieted,
- more dreading,
- un easiest,
- un easy,
- more disquieted,
- un-quiet,
- most spooked,
- sweating bullets,
- dis-quieted,
- wreckest,
- over wrought,
- more choked,
- dis quieted,
- more hacked,
- most hyper,
- up tight,
- most bugged,
- most clutched,
- shot pieces,
- un-glued,
- most hacked,
- fidgety,
- most unglued,
- more nervous,
- un easier,
- un quietest,
- most choked,
- in state,
- most dreading,
- troubled,
- un-quieter,
- taut,
- more unglued,
- dis-tressed,
- un quieter,
- un-easier,
- more butterflies,
- most butterflies.
- Scrutinizing,
- attentive,
- rapt,
- responsible,
- concerned,
- sharp,
- engrossed,
- sedulous,
- absorbed,
- vigilant,
- enraptured,
- intent,
- interested,
- Concentrating,
- fascinated,
- Hearkening,
- observing,
- Considering,
- entranced,
- Immersed,
- cautious.
- more nimble witted,
- street smart,
- more nimblewitted,
- more streetwise,
- most streetwise,
- heppest,
- most nimblewitted,
- more acute,
- quickwitted,
- more nimble-witted,
- foxy,
- Worldlywise,
- nimblewitted,
- quick witted,
- most nimble witted,
- most nimble-witted,
- nimble witted.
- wary.
- choosy,
- prim,
- selfdisciplined,
- punctilious,
- solicitous,
- shy,
- rigorous,
- playing safe,
- fastidious,
- meticulous,
- finicky,
- accurate.
- purposive,
- prearranged,
- coldblooded,
- with forethought,
- aforethought,
- Prepense,
- Schemed,
- cut and dried,
- Designful,
- Predeterminate,
- predesigned,
- thought out,
- done on purpose,
- witting.
- grindest,
- more diligent,
- un relenting,
- un flagging,
- steadfast,
- un-tiring,
- more persisting,
- Operose,
- most persisting,
- un-flagging,
- un tiring,
- persistent,
- more plugging,
- most plugging,
- un-relenting.
- ex tensive,
- more embellished,
- with all extras,
- with the extras,
- most embellished,
- with the options,
- many faceted,
- most manyfaceted,
- with extras,
- most garnished,
- more ornamented,
- embellished,
- over done,
- most many faceted,
- most decorated,
- manyfaceted,
- over worked,
- most many-faceted,
- more many-faceted,
- with bells whistles,
- more luxurious,
- more many faceted,
- most ornamented,
- over-done,
- more elaborate,
- over-worked,
- with all options,
- with options,
- with bells and whistles,
- more garnished,
- more decorated,
- more manyfaceted.
- bullseye,
- bulls eye,
- clearcut,
- un-equivocal,
- ex act,
- un equivocal,
- bull'seye,
- bull eye,
- ex-act,
- bulleye,
- bull-eye,
- on numbers,
- nailed down.
- ex acting,
- by book,
- more nit-picking,
- un-sparing,
- unsparing,
- more nit picking,
- stern,
- most nit picking,
- hyper critical,
- hyper-critical,
- nit picking,
- un sparing,
- most nit-picking,
- ex-acting.
- discerning,
- epicurean,
- picky,
- perspicacious,
- dainty,
- Qualmish,
- flawless,
- demanding,
- literal,
- proper,
- priggish,
- critical,
- hypercritical,
- mincing,
- squeamish.
- mingiest,
- penny pinching,
- pre-serving,
- meager,
- mingier,
- more preserving,
- most pennywise,
- most scrimping,
- more pennywise,
- most preserving,
- tightwad,
- pre serving,
- most conserving,
- most penny-wise,
- more niggardly,
- penny wise,
- un wasteful,
- most tightwad,
- most penny wise,
- un-wasteful,
- more conserving,
- more unwasteful,
- most unwasteful,
- more tightwad,
- more scrimping,
- more penny wise,
- most niggardly,
- more penny-wise.
- more fuddyduddy,
- over fastidious,
- more overfastidious,
- most fuddy duddy,
- most conscionable,
- more fuddy duddy,
- fuddyduddy,
- over-fastidious,
- more picky picky,
- more stickling,
- most stickling,
- more pickypicky,
- most overfastidious,
- most picky-picky,
- more conscionable,
- most fuddyduddy,
- most fuddy-duddy,
- most picky picky,
- picky picky,
- pickypicky,
- more fuddy-duddy,
- most pickypicky,
- hard please,
- fuddy duddy,
- more picky-picky.
- over-cautious,
- more overcautious,
- most overcautious,
- over careful,
- most overcareful,
- over cautious,
- more overcareful.
- more clear-sighted,
- far sighted,
- more welljudged,
- pro-found,
- clear sighted,
- judicial,
- most well judged,
- most welljudged,
- pro-founder,
- well judged,
- most well-judged,
- more clear sighted,
- welladvised,
- most clearsighted,
- pro founder,
- far-sighted,
- well-judged,
- pro found,
- most clear sighted,
- most clear-sighted,
- more clearsighted,
- welljudged,
- more well-judged,
- more well judged.
- most wellregulated,
- more methodic,
- most methodized,
- most set up,
- more set up,
- most setup,
- more set-up,
- most set-up,
- in groove,
- most structured,
- more setup,
- more well-regulated,
- more wellregulated,
- well regulated,
- more well regulated,
- most well regulated,
- most methodic,
- wellregulated,
- more structured,
- most well-regulated,
- more methodized.
- in know,
- know all answers,
- more observative,
- know answers,
- on to,
- know ins outs,
- plugged in,
- be upon,
- most observative.
- even steven,
- even-steven,
- non-committal,
- buttoned up,
- clammed up,
- Middle-ground,
- on-the-fence,
- unrevealing.
- to rights,
- neat as button,
- in shape,
- in good shape,
- in apple-pie order,
- uncluttered,
- neat as pin,
- in order.
- more shielding,
- most safeguarding,
- safeguarding,
- more insulating,
- most insulating,
- most guardian,
- most covering,
- more guardian,
- most emergency,
- most sheltering,
- more safeguarding,
- preservative,
- most protecting,
- most conservational,
- more emergency,
- more custodial,
- most custodial,
- more protecting,
- most shielding,
- more sheltering,
- more conservational,
- more covering.
- in-credulous,
- greeneyed,
- un believing,
- in credulous,
- most suspecting,
- most questioning,
- more suspecting,
- mistrustful,
- not born yesterday the lookout,
- more questioning,
- green eyed,
- un-believing,
- not born yesterday lookout,
- mis-trustful,
- mis trustful,
- not born yesterday on lookout.
- allembracing,
- from z,
- all way,
- more whole-hog,
- most whole hog,
- all embracing,
- more thorough,
- allout,
- all out,
- most all embracing,
- more all-embracing,
- most allembracing,
- more whole hog,
- more slam bang,
- most all-embracing,
- most wholehog,
- more wholehog,
- all inclusive,
- from a z,
- most slam bang,
- in-tensive,
- from to z,
- Slam-bang,
- allinclusive,
- wholehog,
- more thoroughgoing,
- more slambang,
- in tensive,
- more all embracing,
- most whole-hog,
- most slam-bang,
- slambang,
- soup nuts,
- most slambang,
- most thorough,
- more slam-bang.
n.
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- cool,
- conservative,
- self-disciplined,
- ing how the land lies,
- chary,
- apprehensive,
- sparing,
- Sure-footed,
- keeping a nose to the wind,
- leaving no margin for error,
- stealthy,
- taking measures,
- making haste slowly,
- solid,
- going to great lengths,
- assiduous,
- calm,
- overexact,
- self-possessed,
- sober,
- farsighted,
- putting the right foot forward,
- religious,
- hard-to-please.
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- ungenerous,
- Economies,
- economic.
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- forehanded,
- gingerly.
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- discrimination,
- discretion,
- haste,
- wide-awake,
- caution,
- glide,
- breezy,
- profuse,
- foresight,
- forgetful,
- slick,
- squander,
- sensitive,
- faithful.
v.
•discriminating (verb)Other synonyms:
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- precipitateness,
- precipitancy,
- mindfulness,
- meticulousness,
- forethoughtfulness,
- recklessness,
- economy drive,
- parsimonious,
- frugal,
- risk-averse,
- beware,
- corky,
- fastidiousness,
- scrupulousness,
- thoroughgoing,
- slackness,
- exhaustive,
- wastefulness,
- foresightedness,
- perceptiveness,
- remissness,
- unheeding,
- thrift,
- temerariousness,
- unconsidered,
- hurriedness,
- feckless,
- precipitance,
- incautiousness,
- savvy,
- Percipience,
- foolhardiness,
- Disregardful,
- hastiness,
- Sageness,
- slipshod,
- unobservant,
- Percipiency,
- precipitant,
- superstitious,
- stingy,
- economical,
- temerarious,
- unthoughtful,
- brashness,
- Thoroughpaced,
- punctiliousness,
- organized,
- penny-pinching,
- tight-fisted,
- ill-considered,
- gingerliness,
- Clear-sightedness,
- probing,
- forehandedness,
- Unthrifty,
- heedlessness,
- laxness,
- systematic,
- white-glove,
- thoroughness.
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- nose,
- perceptive,
- eye.
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- mean.
- good.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
meticulous, circumspect, scrupulous, thoughtful, wary, watchful, painstaking, diligent, conscientious, attentive, cautious.
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Proper noun, singular
cautious.
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Noun, singular or mass
attentive.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
rigorous, observant, conservative, precise, delicate, closer, serious, sensitive, considerate, strict, discreet, well-considered, hyperconservative, exact, timid, sensible, Conservativeness, responsive, careless, cautionary, keen, inaccurate, mature, stringent, restrained, methodical, elaborate, sophisticated, exhaustive, ripe, sure, proper, conscious, reticent, faithful, conscientiously, specific, distrustful, disciplined, anxious, neat, advisable, hesitant, care-giving, tentative.
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Proper noun, singular
districts.
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Noun, plural
considerations, precautions, minds, thoughts, cracks, Axes, whoops, Energies, women.
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Noun, singular or mass
detail.
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Interjection
watchout, brace.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
AM.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
judicious, deliberate.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Careful:
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adj.
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careless.
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cautious; painstaking
inaccurate, inconsiderate, negligent, heedless, rash, inexact, questionable, indiscreet, uncareful, foolish, loose, uncaring, unscrupulous, irrational, reckless, inattentive, lax, incautious, unwise, false, thoughtless, idiotic, unconcerned.
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Other antonyms:
hurried, halfhearted, imprudent, undiscriminating, dull, apathetic, lackadaisical, oblivious, unguarded, unintentional, mindless, venturesome, unplanned, injudicious, undemanding, asleep, drowsy, regardless, inadvertent, indifferent, impetuous, unsafe, improvident, imprecise.
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