Synonyms for Cautious:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • conservative,
  • cautious.
  •attentive (adjective)
  • heedful,
  • concerned,
  • alert,
  • interested,
  • careful,
  • absorbed,
  • responsible,
  • observing,
  • Immersed,
  • Hearkening,
  • attentive,
  • Considering,
  • engrossed,
  • entranced,
  • regardful,
  • diligent,
  • rapt,
  • Concentrating,
  • intent,
  • enraptured,
  • fascinated,
  • observant,
  • Scrutinizing,
  • sharp.
  •calculating (adjective)
  • SAFER,
  • more intelligent,
  • safest,
  • shrewdest,
  • manipulative.
  •canny (adjective)
  • more acute,
  • slick,
  • street smart,
  • quickwitted,
  • more streetwise,
  • most nimble-witted,
  • quick witted,
  • foxy,
  • nimble witted,
  • more nimblewitted,
  • most nimble witted,
  • Worldlywise,
  • nimblewitted,
  • wisest,
  • most nimblewitted,
  • more nimble witted,
  • most streetwise,
  • more nimble-witted,
  • heppest.
  •careful, guarded (adjective)
  • pussyfoot,
  • forethoughtful,
  • discreet,
  • provident,
  • gingerly,
  • with one's eyes peeled,
  • playing safe,
  • politic,
  • taking it easy,
  • chary,
  • shrewd,
  • safe,
  • circumspect,
  • taking it slow,
  • watching one's step,
  • walking on eggs,
  • watching out,
  • considerate,
  • playing it cool,
  • wary,
  • keeping on one's toes.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • aware.
  •circumspect (adjective)
  • discretionary,
  • study at careful,
  • discriminatory,
  • solicitous,
  • diplomatic.
  •defensive (adjective)
  • secure,
  • protective,
  • shielding,
  • Sheltering,
  • guarding,
  • countering,
  • defensive,
  • on guard,
  • armored,
  • buffering.
  •deliberate (adjective)
  • thought out,
  • Prepense,
  • done on purpose,
  • aforethought,
  • Predeterminate,
  • cut and dried,
  • predesigned,
  • purposive,
  • Schemed,
  • with forethought,
  • witting,
  • coldblooded,
  • Designful,
  • prearranged.
  •delicate (adjective)
  • de tailed,
  • fore-sighted,
  • de-tailed,
  • fore sighted,
  • tactical.
  •disbelieving (adjective)
  • distrustful.
  •distrustful (adjective)
  • dis-trustful,
  • dis trustful,
  • un easier,
  • un easiest,
  • un-easiest,
  • un easy,
  • uneasy,
  • un-easy,
  • doubting,
  • un-easier.
  •far-sighted (adjective)
  • cool headed,
  • well-balanced,
  • levelheaded,
  • well balanced,
  • far sighted,
  • wellbalanced.
  •farsighted (adjective)
  • more far-seeing,
  • most far seeing,
  • far seeing,
  • more farseeing,
  • most farseeing,
  • most far-seeing,
  • more far seeing.
  •furtive (adjective)
  • more subrosa,
  • under hand,
  • more conspiratorial,
  • subrosa,
  • more skulking,
  • most subrosa,
  • more under-the-table,
  • most skulking,
  • more sub rosa,
  • more slinking,
  • under cover,
  • more under the table,
  • more sub-rosa,
  • under handed,
  • under wraps,
  • most under the table,
  • most sub-rosa,
  • most conspiratorial,
  • most under-the-table,
  • dis-guised,
  • most sub rosa,
  • under-hand,
  • under-cover,
  • masked,
  • most slinking,
  • hush hush,
  • dis guised,
  • hushhush,
  • under-handed.
  •guarded (adjective)
  • most overcareful,
  • re-strained,
  • most overcautious,
  • more overcareful,
  • over cautious,
  • more overcautious,
  • over-cautious,
  • over careful,
  • re strained.
  •introverted (adjective)
  • introspective.
  •judicious (adjective)
  • most clear sighted,
  • clear sighted,
  • more well judged,
  • dis criminating,
  • more well-judged,
  • more clear-sighted,
  • most clearsighted,
  • most clear-sighted,
  • more welljudged,
  • pro found,
  • welljudged,
  • most well-judged,
  • most well judged,
  • more clear sighted,
  • pro-found,
  • welladvised,
  • well judged,
  • dis-criminating,
  • pro-founder,
  • pro founder,
  • well-judged,
  • more clearsighted,
  • most welljudged.
  •leery (adjective)
  • un-sure,
  • un sure.
  •meticulous (adjective)
  • ex act,
  • crossing t's,
  • crossing ts,
  • dotting the i,
  • dotting the is,
  • most conscionable,
  • dotting i,
  • more stickling,
  • ex-act,
  • crossing the t,
  • dotting i's,
  • most stickling,
  • dotting is,
  • more conscionable,
  • crossing t,
  • crossing the ts.
  •middle-of-the-road (adjective)
  • mid way,
  • on fence,
  • in-different,
  • in expensive,
  • more compromising,
  • most disciplined,
  • in different,
  • most compromising,
  • non partisan,
  • in-expensive,
  • more disciplined.
  •mindful (adjective)
  • on one toes,
  • know all answers,
  • be upon,
  • know answers,
  • on to,
  • in know,
  • plugged in,
  • most observative,
  • on ones toes,
  • know ins outs,
  • more observative,
  • on job.
  •mistrustful (adjective)
  • mis trustful,
  • mis-trustful,
  • mistrustful.
  •moderate (adjective)
  • peaceable,
  • low key,
  • abstinent,
  • middle-of-the-road,
  • pacific.
  •noncommittal (adjective)
  • clammed up,
  • on-the-fence,
  • even-steven,
  • even steven,
  • buttoned up,
  • unrevealing,
  • non-committal,
  • Middle-ground.
  •on guard (adjective)
  • safeguarding,
  • preservative.
  •on one's guard (adjective)
  • upon one's guard.
  •provident (adjective)
  • well prepared,
  • most wellprepared,
  • un wasteful,
  • more well prepared,
  • most well-prepared,
  • pre-pared,
  • un-wasteful,
  • more wellprepared,
  • more unwasteful,
  • wellprepared,
  • most unwasteful,
  • pre pared,
  • most well prepared,
  • more well-prepared.
  •prudent (adjective)
  • hedging one bets,
  • most judgmatic,
  • hedging ones bets,
  • more judgmatic,
  • hedging bets.
  •reluctant (adjective)
  • in-voluntary,
  • dis-inclined,
  • dis-heartened,
  • in-disposed,
  • in disposed,
  • un eager,
  • un-eager,
  • in voluntary,
  • most demurring,
  • laggard,
  • more disheartened,
  • more demurring,
  • dis heartened,
  • most disheartened,
  • most laggard,
  • most grudging,
  • most uneager,
  • dis inclined,
  • more uneager,
  • more grudging,
  • more laggard.
  •reserved (adjective)
  • re tiring,
  • more uncompanionable,
  • more eremitic,
  • re served,
  • most eremitic,
  • un-demonstrative,
  • un-responsive,
  • most uncompanionable,
  • un companionable,
  • self-contained,
  • re-tiring,
  • re-served,
  • mis anthropic,
  • un demonstrative,
  • un-approachable,
  • un responsive,
  • un-companionable,
  • mis-anthropic,
  • un approachable,
  • self contained,
  • selfcontained.
  •self-controlled (adjective)
  • selfcontrolled,
  • self controlled.
  •self-restrained (adjective)
  • selfrestrained,
  • self restrained.
  •shy (adjective)
  • most uneffusive,
  • recessive,
  • more unsocial,
  • more introvert,
  • most introvert,
  • more unassured,
  • self effacing,
  • most unsocial,
  • most unassured,
  • un effusive,
  • un-social,
  • un assertive,
  • selfeffacing,
  • un-willing,
  • un willing,
  • un-effusive,
  • un-assured,
  • more unassertive,
  • un-assertive,
  • un social,
  • introvert,
  • more uneffusive,
  • un assured.
  •suspicious (adjective)
  • in-credulous,
  • not born yesterday on lookout,
  • greeneyed,
  • un believing,
  • most suspecting,
  • in credulous,
  • most questioning,
  • not born yesterday the lookout,
  • green eyed,
  • more questioning,
  • more suspecting,
  • not born yesterday lookout,
  • un-believing.
  •tactful (adjective)
  • most poised,
  • under standing,
  • under-standing,
  • more poised.
  •tentative (adjective)
  • more faltering,
  • un-decided,
  • most faltering,
  • un decided,
  • Vacillatory.
  •thoughtful (adjective)
  • un selfish,
  • co operative,
  • wellbred,
  • well thoughtout,
  • un-selfish,
  • well bred.
  •untrusting (adjective)
  • un-trusting,
  • un trusting.
  •uptight (adjective)
  • old fashioned,
  • oldfashioned,
  • on the defensive.
  •vigilant (adjective)
  • ready,
  • fastidious,
  • with weather eye open,
  • fussy,
  • wideawake,
  • thorough,
  • particular,
  • exacting,
  • looking to,
  • openeyed,
  • prepared,
  • strict,
  • on the qui vive,
  • open-eyed,
  • watching,
  • looking for,
  • on alert,
  • precise,
  • scrupulous,
  • conscientious,
  • sharp-eyed,
  • finical.
  •watchful (adjective)
  • most glued,
  • not missing trick,
  • more glued.

• n.

  •
  • painstaking,
  • exact.
  •cagey (noun)
  • cagey.
  •cagy (noun)
  • cagy.
  •cautious (noun)
  • fabian,
  • unadventurous,
  • restrained,
  • timid,
  • dilatory.
  •far-sighted (noun)
  • far-sighted.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • organized,
  • white-glove,
  • punctilious,
  • assiduous,
  • systematic,
  • methodical,
  • afraid,
  • studious,
  • risk-averse.
  •
  • thoroughgoing,
  • youthful,
  • deliberation,
  • extreme,
  • selective,
  • forehanded,
  • rigorous,
  • judicial.
  •
  • neat,
  • delicacy.
  •
  • serious.
  •
  • close.
  •Other relevant words:
  • jealous,
  • creeping,
  • critical,
  • Demurring,
  • hawk-eyed,
  • forethought,
  • stable,
  • candor,
  • foresight,
  • caution,
  • caring,
  • wily,
  • sleepless,
  • doubtful,
  • flagging,
  • incredulous,
  • Suspecting,
  • sincerity,
  • foresighted,
  • cool,
  • sober,
  • precautionary,
  • carefulness,
  • economical,
  • true-blue,
  • wide-awake,
  • wariness,
  • gradual,
  • differentiate,
  • loth,
  • Ambling,
  • premeditated,
  • prescient,
  • take care,
  • be cautious,
  • awake,
  • Jibbing,
  • uncourageous,
  • uncertain,
  • ware,
  • slow-moving,
  • blunder,
  • cautiously,
  • Precautious,
  • measured,
  • unsure,
  • honesty,
  • avoid,
  • examine,
  • keep in sight,
  • undaring,
  • craven,
  • conventional,
  • gentle,
  • pay attention to,
  • carefully,
  • conformist,
  • regulated,
  • precaution,
  • upset,
  • fearful,
  • skeptical,
  • grindstone,
  • disturbed,
  • disinclined,
  • tense,
  • beware,
  • perturbed,
  • indecisive,
  • policy,
  • behold,
  • incorrectly,
  • reticent,
  • sagacious,
  • Toddling,
  • on the alert,
  • earnestly,
  • slight,
  • see,
  • restless,
  • composed,
  • unprogressive,
  • discriminating,
  • keep watch,
  • take heed,
  • securely,
  • idle,
  • Distrusting,
  • candidly,
  • keep in view,
  • traditional,
  • severe,
  • precautional,
  • providence,
  • rigid,
  • modesty,
  • orthodox,
  • subtle,
  • antagonistic,
  • orderly,
  • indolent,
  • care,
  • integrity,
  • discern,
  • error,
  • slack,
  • apprehensive,
  • standard,
  • impede,
  • indeed,
  • see after,
  • playing it safe,
  • lynx-eyed,
  • bourgeois,
  • Matronize,
  • deviation,
  • fundamentalist,
  • considered,
  • mind,
  • absolutely,
  • sharp-sighted,
  • thinking,
  • take good care,
  • be careful,
  • leisurely,
  • staggering,
  • on toes,
  • limping,
  • avert,
  • warily,
  • slow,
  • look to,
  • slow-going,
  • poking,
  • loving,
  • cautiousness,
  • slothful,
  • sage,
  • argus-eyed,
  • deliberative,
  • finicky,
  • substantially,
  • forestall,
  • know,
  • safely,
  • button-down,
  • Waddling,
  • guardedly,
  • frankly,
  • lumbering,
  • guard against,
  • slow-paced,
  • straining,
  • relaxed,
  • attend,
  • worried,
  • materialistic,
  • chastity,
  • really,
  • be on alert,
  • serene,
  • Hobbled,
  • practical,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • chaperon,
  • taking care,
  • active,
  • disquieted,
  • languorous,
  • Claudicant,
  • unwilling,
  • distressed,
  • recognize,
  • comprehend,
  • take care of,
  • mistakenly,
  • reasonable,
  • be discreet,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • sluggish,
  • gladness,
  • eagle-eyed,
  • prevent,
  • frugal,
  • forbid,
  • Prudentially,
  • understand,
  • cowardly,
  • tender,
  • prudently,
  • heartily,
  • scrupling,
  • over-nice,
  • unpersuadable,
  • dainty,
  • crawling,
  • nervous,
  • surely,
  • uncommunicative,
  • anticipate,
  • honestly,
  • unhurried,
  • conscious,
  • anxious,
  • unobtrusiveness,
  • easy,
  • snaillike,
  • calculation,
  • hesitating,
  • shuffling,
  • buttoned-down,
  • timorous,
  • sensible,
  • exclude,
  • edgy,
  • Snail-paced,
  • on edge,
  • nimble,
  • appreciate,
  • investigate,
  • hidebound,
  • averse,
  • curious,
  • sceptical,
  • on the ball,
  • warn,
  • unenterprising,
  • unbelieving,
  • sticking,
  • distinguish,
  • Strolling,
  • wakeful,
  • dispassionate,
  • squeamish,
  • discretion,
  • troubled,
  • keen-sighted,
  • wrongly,
  • faltering,
  • glee,
  • loath,
  • frightened,
  • fretful,
  • preclude,
  • evasive,
  • foot-dragging,
  • reasoned,
  • mistake,
  • Sure-footed,
  • observe,
  • disbelieving,
  • Inconvincible,
  • studied,
  • be uncertain,
  • look after,
  • attentive to,
  • apprehend,
  • try,
  • calculated,
  • scheming,
  • tottering,
  • Reck,
  • Sauntering,
  • poky,
  • watch out,
  • wise,
  • discover,
  • hesitant,
  • opposed,
  • firmly,
  • gimlet-eyed,
  • Trudging,
  • diffident,
  • cozy,
  • indisposed,
  • Hobbling,
  • planned,
  • genuinely,
  • sincerely,
  • collected,
  • erroneously,
  • alive,
  • economic,
  • prudence,
  • halting,
  • unruffled,
  • fault,
  • pawky,
  • calm,
  • cynical,
  • intentional,
  • consider,
  • sly,
  • tortoiselike,
  • reticence,
  • circumspection,
  • languid,
  • authentically,
  • temperate,
  • expedient,
  • watch,
  • lazy,
  • dubious,
  • discerning.

Paraphrases for Cautious:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    circumspect, timid, wary, careful.
  • Proper noun, singular
    wary, careful.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    over-cautious, overcautious.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    judicious, restrained, hesitant, cautionary, sceptical, suspicious, meticulous, wise, reluctant, modest, vigilance, shy, reserved, alert, sensitive, sensible, carefully, anxious, moderate, hyperconservative, watchful, distrustful, scrupulous, self-conscious, nervous, unwise, stringent, rigorous, wait-and-see.
  • Verb, past tense
    Cautioned.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    vigilant, conservative, reticent, discreet, attentive, tentative, Conservativeness, deliberate.

Antonyms for Cautious:

• adj.

  • all
    incautious.
  • careful, guarded
    indiscreet, hasty, foolish, careless, unobservant, inattentive, negligent, imprudent, heedless, uncareful, thoughtless, unwise, sure, rash, certain, unguarded, reckless.
  • Other antonyms:
    dull, oblivious, asleep, unintentional, injudicious, drowsy, inconsiderate, regardless, unplanned, immoderate, inadvertent, lax, unmindful.

• n.

  • group
    brave.

Hyponym for Cautious:

• n.

  • group
    people.