Caution

//ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n//

Synonyms for "caution" (191 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Verb(1 words)
admonish

Strong matches (57)

Related words (95)

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Verb(1 words)
monish

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11 relation types

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1 entries

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

7 entries

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Translations

151 translations across 41 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • اِحْتِيَاط noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • حَذَر noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • حَذَر noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • حِيطَة noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ehtiyat noun (careful attention, prudence)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সতর্কীকরণ noun (careful attention, prudence)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • благоразумие noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • внимание noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • предпазливост noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • предупреждавам verb (to warn)

Catalan

4 entries
  • advertència noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • caució noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • cautela noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • compte noun (careful attention, prudence)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 謹慎 /谨慎 noun (careful attention, prudence)

Danish

4 entries
  • advarsel noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • forsigtighed noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • garanti noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • kaution noun (security; guaranty; bail)

Dutch

4 entries
  • borg noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • borgsom noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • garantie noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • omzichtigheid noun (careful attention, prudence)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • atentigi verb (to warn)

Finnish

4 entries
  • huolellisuus noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • huomio noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • neuvo noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • ohjenuora noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

French

2 entries
  • caution noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • avertir verb (to warn)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გაფრთხილება noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • გაფრთხილება noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • სიფრთხილე noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • წინდახედულობა noun (careful attention, prudence)

German

4 entries
  • Achtsamkeit noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • Behutsamkeit noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • Kaution noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • Vorsicht noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Greek

4 entries
  • περίσκεψη noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • προσεκτικότητα noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • προσοχή noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • προσοχή noun (careful attention, prudence)

Hindi

3 entries
  • चेतावनी noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • चेतावनी noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • सावधानी noun (careful attention, prudence)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • figyelmeztetés noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • óvadék noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • óvatosság noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • óvás noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Italian

3 entries
  • cautela noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • cautela noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • prudenza noun (careful attention, prudence)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 注意 noun (careful attention, prudence)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • î-pōng verb (to warn)

Korean

2 entries
  • 조심 noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • 주의 noun (careful attention, prudence)

Latin

3 entries
  • cautela noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • cautiō noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • cautēla noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Mizo

3 entries
  • fimkhurna noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • vaukhanna noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • zakhamna noun (security; guaranty; bail)

Māori

4 entries
  • o(w))hiti noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • tūpato noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • whakatūpato noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • whakao(w)hiti verb (to warn)

Navajo

1 entries
  • sínízid noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • advarsel noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • aktpågivenhet noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • forsiktighet noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • kausjon noun (security; guaranty; bail)

Occitan

2 entries
  • avertiment noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • cautèla noun (careful attention, prudence)

Old English

1 entries
  • wærsċipe noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • ایقاظ ایتمك verb (to warn)

Polish

4 entries
  • ostrożność noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • ostrzeżenie noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • przestroga noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • przezorność noun (careful attention, prudence)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • advertência noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • cautela noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • caução noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • cuidado noun (careful attention, prudence)

Romagnol

2 entries
  • cautēla noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • cautēla noun (careful attention, prudence)

Romanian

2 entries
  • grijă noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • precauție noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Russian

4 entries
  • осторо́жность noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • поручи́тельство noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • предостереже́ние noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • предупрежде́ние noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • опрез noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)

Spanish

4 entries
  • advertencia noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • caución noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • caución noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • cautela noun (careful attention, prudence)

Swedish

1 entries
  • försiktighet noun (careful attention, prudence)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • paingat noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • paingat noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • paingatan verb (to warn)

Thai

3 entries
  • ข้อควรระวัง noun (careful attention, prudence)
  • คำเตือน noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • เตือน verb (to warn)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • пересторо́га noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • попере́дження noun (precept or warning against evil or danger)
  • перестерегти́ verb (to warn)
  • перестеріга́ти verb (to warn)

Volapük

1 entries
  • prüd noun (careful attention, prudence)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • emel noun (security; guaranty; bail)
  • ihtiyat noun (careful attention, prudence)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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Let's take the utmost caution against errors.

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If you drive with anything less than extreme caution, you're risking your life.

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I repeat it by way of caution.

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He advised caution.

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