Synonyms for "overcautious" (3 found)

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Closest matches (1)

cautious

Strong matches (1)

envious

Related words (1)

Adjective(1 words)

envious

Related word relations

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4 relation types

derived

2 entries

overcautiouslyovercautiousness

derived from

1 entries

cautious

related to

1 entries

cautious

similar

2 entries

cautious

Translations

7 translations across 4 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

• 拘謹 /拘谨 adj (excessively cautious)
• 縮手縮腳 /缩手缩脚 adj (excessively cautious)
• 謹小慎微 /谨小慎微 adj (excessively cautious)
• 過分謹慎小心的 /过分谨慎小心的 adj (excessively cautious)

Finnish

1 entries

• ylivarovainen adj (excessively cautious)

Polish

1 entries

• asekurancki adj (excessively cautious)

Russian

1 entries

• сверхосторо́жный adj (excessively cautious)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sometimes being overcautious in planning could upset the apple cart.

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