Cautious

//ˈkɔːʃəs//

Synonyms for "cautious" (176 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Adjective(1 words)
conservative

Strong matches (52)

Related words (88)

Noun(1 words)
timid

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8 entries

Antonyms

5 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

2 entries

derived

9 entries

derived from

1 entries

related to

5 entries

similar

16 entries

Translations

118 translations across 69 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • i kujdesshëm adj (careful)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἐπιμελής adj (careful)
  • ἥσυχος adj (careful)

Arabic

3 entries
  • حَذِر adj (careful)
  • مُتَحَوِّط adj (careful)
  • وَرِع adj (careful)

Armenian

1 entries
  • զգուշավոր adj (careful)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ehtiyatlı adj (careful)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һаҡ adj (careful)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • асцяро́жны adj (careful)

Bengali

2 entries
  • সতর্ক adj (careful)
  • সাবধান adj (careful)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • внима́телен adj (careful)
  • предпазли́в adj (careful)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သတိထား adj (careful)

Catalan

2 entries
  • caut adj (careful)
  • cautelós adj (careful)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 慎重 adj (careful)
  • 謹慎 /谨慎 adj (careful)

Czech

2 entries
  • obezřetný adj (careful)
  • opatrný adj (careful)

Danish

2 entries
  • forsigtig adj (careful)
  • varsom adj (careful)

Dutch

1 entries
  • voorzichtig adj (careful)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • singarda adj (careful)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ettevaatlik adj (careful)

Finnish

1 entries
  • varovainen adj (careful)

French

1 entries
  • prudent adj (careful)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ფრთხილი adj (careful)

German

3 entries
  • behutsam adj (careful)
  • vorsichtig adj (careful)
  • zaghaft adj (careful)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • સાવધાન adj (careful)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • זָהִיר adj (careful)

Hindi

2 entries
  • सतर्क adj (careful)
  • सावधान adj (careful)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • óvatos adj (careful)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • waspada adj (careful)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • caute adj (careful)

Irish

2 entries
  • aireach adj (careful)
  • faichilleach adj (careful)

Italian

3 entries
  • cauto adj (careful)
  • oculato adj (careful)
  • ritenuto adj (careful)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 慎重な adj (careful)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • абай adj (careful)
  • сақ adj (careful)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • wātsōu adj (careful)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រយ័ត្ន adj (careful)

Korean

2 entries
  • 신중하다 adj (careful)
  • 조심스럽다 adj (careful)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • сак adj (careful)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຄ່ຽມ adj (careful)
  • ລະມັດ adj (careful)
  • ລະມັດ adj (careful)
  • ລະມັດລະວັງ adj (careful)

Latin

1 entries
  • cautus adj (careful)

Latvian

1 entries
  • piesardzīgs adj (careful)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • apdairus adj (careful)
  • atsargus adj (careful)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • внима́телен adj (careful)
  • пре́тпазлив adj (careful)

Marathi

1 entries
  • सावध adj (careful)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • болгоомжтой adj (careful)
  • хашир adj (careful)

Māori

2 entries
  • mohito adj (careful)
  • tūpato adj (careful)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • forsiktig adj (careful)

Persian

1 entries
  • محتاط adj (careful)

Polish

1 entries
  • ostrożny adj (careful)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cauteloso adj (careful)
  • cuidadoso adj (careful)

Romanian

1 entries
  • precaut adj (careful)

Russian

3 entries
  • внима́тельный adj (careful)
  • осмотри́тельный adj (careful)
  • осторо́жный adj (careful)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cùramach adj (careful)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • búdan adj (careful)
  • pàžljiv adj (careful)
  • ȍprēzan adj (careful)
  • бу́дан adj (careful)

Slovak

2 entries
  • obozretný adj (careful)
  • opatrný adj (careful)

Slovene

1 entries
  • previden adj (careful)

Spanish

3 entries
  • cauteloso adj (careful)
  • cauto adj (careful)
  • precavido adj (careful)

Swedish

4 entries
  • aktsam adj (careful)
  • försiktig adj (careful)
  • varlig adj (careful)
  • varsam adj (careful)

Tajik

2 entries
  • боэҳтиёт adj (careful)
  • эҳтиёткор adj (careful)

Tatar

1 entries
  • сак adj (careful)

Thai

4 entries
  • รอบคอบ adj (careful)
  • ระมัดระวัง adj (careful)
  • ระวัง adj (careful)
  • สุขุม adj (careful)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • imassu adj (careful)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dikkatli adj (careful)
  • ihtiyatlı adj (careful)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • aýawly adj (careful)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • оба́чний adj (careful)
  • обере́жний adj (careful)

Urdu

3 entries
  • ساودھان adj (careful)
  • سترک adj (careful)
  • محتاط adj (careful)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئېھتىياتچان adj (careful)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • ehtiyotkor adj (careful)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cẩn thận adj (careful)
  • cẩn trọng adj (careful)

Volapük

1 entries
  • prüdik adj (careful)

Winnebago

1 entries
  • hirakikaraxjį adj (careful)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿאָרזיכטיק adj (careful)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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As far as Bob is concerned, anything goes. By contrast, Jane is very cautious.

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He is too cautious to try anything new.

Source: tatoeba (288809)

He was cautious about overeating.

Source: tatoeba (299772)

She is cautious of giving offense to others.

Source: tatoeba (315630)

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