What is another word for caution?
Synonyms for caution
ˈkɔ ʃəncau·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
caution
Care concerns what we possess; anxiety, often, what we do not; riches bring many cares; poverty brings many anxieties. Care also signifies watchful attention, in view of possible harm; as, "This side up with care;" "Take care of yourself;" or, as a sharp warning, "Take care!" Caution has a sense of possible harm and risk only to be escaped, if at all, by careful deliberation and observation. Care inclines to the positive, caution to the negative; care is shown in doing, caution largely in not doing. Precaution is allied with care, prudence with caution; a man rides a dangerous horse with care; caution will keep him from mounting the horse; precaution looks to the saddle-girths, bit and bridle, and all that may make the rider secure. Circumspection is watchful observation and calculation, but without the timidity implied in caution. Concern denotes a serious interest, milder than anxiety; as, concern for the safety of a ship at sea. Heed implies attention without disquiet; it is now largely displaced by attention and care. Solicitude involves especially the element of desire, not expressed in anxiety, and of hopefulness, not implied in care. A parent feels constant solicitude for his children's welfare, anxiety as to dangers that threaten it, with care to guard against them. Watchfulness recognizes the possibility of danger, wariness the probability. A man who is not influenced by caution to keep out of danger may display great wariness in the midst of it. Care has also the sense of responsibility, with possible control, as expressed in charge, management, oversight; as, these children are under my care; send the money to me in care of the firm. Compare ALARM; ANXIETY; PRUDENCE.
Synonyms:
anxiety, attention, care, charge, circumspection, concern, direction, forethought, heed, management, oversight, perplexity, precaution, prudence, solicitude, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness, worryAntonyms:
carelessness, disregard, heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight, recklessness, remissness, slightPreposition:
Take care of the house; for the future; about the matter.
Princeton's WordNet
caution, cautiousness, carefulnessnoun
the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
"a man of caution"
Synonyms:
circumspection, precaution, caveat, care, cautiousness, forethought, carefulnessAntonyms:
incautiousness, incautioncaution, caveatnoun
a warning against certain acts
"a caveat against unfair practices"
Synonyms:
circumspection, precaution, caveat, care, cautiousness, forethought, carefulnessAntonyms:
incaution, incautiousnesscaution, precaution, care, forethoughtnoun
judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
"he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
Synonyms:
circumspection, precaution, aid, tending, upkeep, guard, caveat, forethought, cautiousness, concern, premeditation, charge, safeguard, tutelage, guardianship, carefulness, maintenance, attention, care, fearAntonyms:
incaution, incautiousnesscircumspection, cautionverb
the trait of being circumspect and prudent
Synonyms:
discreetness, circumspection, discretion, precaution, caveat, care, prudence, forethought, cautiousness, carefulnessAntonyms:
incautiousness, incautioncaution, admonish, monishverb
warn strongly; put on guard
Synonyms:
reprove, monish, discourage, warn, admonishAntonyms:
incaution, incautiousness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
cautionnoun
Synonyms:
wariness, heed, heedfulness, circumspection, care, watchfulness, vigilance, forethought, providence prudence, discretioncautionnoun
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warning, admonition, injunction, advice, counselcautionnoun
cautionverb
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cautionnoun
Synonyms:
wariness, forethought, circumspection, advice, warning, admonitioncautionverb
Synonyms:
forewarn, admonish, warn, counsel, advise, dissuade
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "caution":
prudence, precaution, precautionary, circumspection, warning, warn, cautiousness, care, vigilance, cautious, careful, disclaimer, attention, caveat, surety, prudential, wariness
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#205 | management | |
#309 | care | |
#1398 | warning | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1558 | disclaimer | |
#1588 | maintenance | |
#1652 | aid | |
#1836 | attention | |
#2372 | direction | |
#2824 | fear | |
#3115 | concern | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3541 | guard | |
#5005 | worry | |
#5469 | careful | |
#6386 | anxiety | |
#6747 | discretion | |
#8403 | caution | |
#10114 | oversight | |
#11327 | warn | |
#15421 | safeguard | |
#16047 | prudential | |
#18081 | cautious | |
#20138 | discourage | |
#23287 | surety | |
#23715 | heed | |
#26192 | caveat | |
#28030 | guardianship | |
#29650 | tending | |
#29889 | vigilance | |
#29949 | precautionary | |
#30290 | prudence | |
#32074 | precaution | |
#38470 | upkeep | |
#70743 | tutelage | |
#77127 | perplexity | |
#82432 | forethought | |
#98672 | admonish | |
#102610 | solicitude | |
#128551 | reprove | |
#133423 | premeditation | |
#137630 | wariness | |
#147712 | watchfulness | |
#166718 | circumspection | |
#218588 | carefulness | |
#232785 | cautiousness |
How to use caution in a sentence?
This is a dilemma. It's a classic dilemma. We want to provide the equipment that Ukraine needs to survive. We don't want to push Russian President Vladimir Putin into World War III or a nuclear confrontation, it is only the President who can make this decision, and he has urged caution. I can make arguments of one side or the other.
There’s still a lot of caution in terms of leveraged loans, with people worried about illiquidity and about selling pressure from hedge funds facing redemptions.
This may raise hopes for something punchier, but we counsel caution: to us, the decision suggests that the BoJ has reached the limits of its current policy framework.
I just want to encourage very careful caution. I'm thinking about this in terms of visiting my mother, who is in her 90s, and not wanting to at all have any chance that she gets introduced to anything, i'm thinking about how I may have to stick to phone calls with my mother.
We have been actively looking and we haven't yet seen foreign interference or domestic coordinated inauthentic behavior targeting these protests, we want to caution people against jumping to conclusions without clear evidence of foreign interference.
Translations for caution
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- الحذرArabic
- внимание, предпазливост, благоразумие, предупреждавамBulgarian
- সতর্কীকরণBengali
- varsomhed, garanti, forsigtighed, advare, advarsel, sikkerhed, kautionDanish
- Behutsamkeit, verwarnen, Kaution, Achtsamkeit, Warnung, warnen, VorsichtGerman
- περίσκεψη, προειδοποιώ, προφύλαξη, προσεκτικότητα, προσοχήGreek
- ateniEsperanto
- cautela, cuidado, fianza, advertir, precaución, advertenciaSpanish
- neuvoa, ohjenuora, varovaisuus, huomio, neuvo, teroittaa, huolellisuus, varoittaa, varoitus, tarkkaavaisuusFinnish
- avertirFrench
- सावधानीHindi
- óv, figyelmeztetés, óvatosság, óvadék, óvás, figyelmeztetHungarian
- cautelaItalian
- 注意Japanese
- ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆKannada
- cautio, cautelaLatin
- advare, varsomhet, kausjon, aktpågivenhet, forsiktighet, advarsel, frarådeNorwegian
- omzichtigheid, voorzorg, borgsom, borg, manen, garantie, waarschuwing, waarborg, waarschuwen, voorzichtigheidDutch
- cuidado, advertir, garantia, cautela, advertência, cauçãoPortuguese
- поручительство, осторожность, предупреждение, предостережениеRussian
- опрезSerbo-Croatian
- احتیاطUrdu
- prüdVolapük
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