caution

Examples

• All

• Residents are urged to exercise extreme caution in the area and report any unusual activity.

  In the Woods (1999)

• I would exercise extreme caution at a company like Bed Bath and Beyond.

• Would you have the same caution with the face products?

• In the future, I must exercise more caution.

  The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

• I, too, think that we should proceed with caution.

  The Siege (1998)

• The results of the study should be interpreted with caution due to several limitations.

  Academic text (2011)

• I will redouble my caution in the future.

  Four (2011)

• Certainly, the small number of performers would suggest caution in interpreting the results of the t-tests alone.

  Academic text (2013)

• First and foremost, individual school counselors should proceed with caution in implementing a depression screening program.

  Academic text (2013)

• Residents are urged to exercise caution in the area and report any unusual activity.

Synonyms

C

care

vscaution

555 1.0

Attention to avoid harm or mistakes

is the habitual quality rather than the single act of prevention

P

prudence

vscaution

18 6.1

Careful and sensible thinking and action to avoid risks

focuses on being careful rather than on practical judgment or wisdom

F

forethought

vscaution

10 5.5

Careful planning for the future to avoid problems

is the present quality of being careful rather than forward planning

W

wariness

vscaution

6 5.4

Being careful and watchful to avoid danger or trouble

is broader, covering general careful behavior not only watchfulness

C

conscientiousness

vscaution

3 7.6

Careful, responsible way of working that shows a person wants to do their work well

leans more toward avoiding danger or mistakes than moral duty

C

circumspection

vscaution

• Formal

2 8.4

Careful thinking before you act or speak to avoid mistakes

is more about general careful habit than detailed preaction thinking

C

cautiousness

vscaution

1 4.2

Careful action to avoid danger or problems

is the common term for that general habit of carefulness

C

carefulness

vscaution

1 2.1

Paying close attention to avoid mistakes or harm

is broader, highlighting the overall habit of avoiding danger or mistakes

C

chariness

vscaution

9.9

The quality of being careful to avoid risk or harm

is the general quality of being careful, not only risk avoidance

C

cautel

vscaution

• Archaic

9.9

A careful action to avoid danger or loss

is the neutral modern word for that protective carefulness

Antonyms

C

carelessness

16 2.8

Lack of attention that causes mistakes or accidents

I

incaution

8.9

A lack of care that can cause danger or loss

Idioms

T

to throw caution to the wind

• Informal

7 7.3

Do something without worrying about the risks

How Careful

vigilance

33 5.2

prudence

18 6.1

wariness

6 5.4

caution

158 2.5

carelessness

16 2.8

recklessness

18 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology