Cautious

  • 21cautious — adjective a cautious driver Syn: careful, heedful, attentive, alert, watchful, vigilant, circumspect, prudent; cagey, canny See note at vigilant Ant: reckless …

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  • 22cautious optimism — ► a feeling that you can be hopeful about a situation although you realize that there still could be problems: »There is cautious optimism for a successful outcome for the financial year. Main Entry: ↑cautious …

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  • 23cautious in dealing — index diplomatic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24cautious — Synonyms and related words: alert, ambling, attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, chary, circumspect, claudicant, considerate, cozy, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, curious, deliberate, demurring, diffident, discreet,… …

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  • 25cautious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. circumspect, wary, careful, unadventurous; see careful . See Synonym Study at careful . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. wary, careful, heedful, circumspect, prudent, discreet, guarded, on guard, alert, on one s toes,… …

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  • 26cautious — cau·tious || kɔːʃəs adj. careful, wary …

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  • 27cautious — adjective careful to avoid potential problems or dangers. Derivatives cautiously adverb cautiousness noun …

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  • 28cautious — a. Prudent, wary, careful, heedful, chary, circumspect, discreet, watchful, vigilant …

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  • 29cautious — adj careful, prudent, wary, Archaic. ware; shrewd, Inf. cagey, scrupulous, guarded, stealthy; precautionary, Inf. go slow, Inf. yellow light; watchful, vigilant, sleepless, wakeful. See careful (def.1) …

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  • 30cautious — cau·tious …

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