careful

Speech parts

1. careful - Adjective

2. careful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.

Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

heedful provident thrifty measured deliberate cautious thoughtful watchful vigilant circumspect fabian prudential delphic beware considered

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Antonyms

careless frank epicurean slack personal princely

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Phrases with the word

careful consideration after careful consideration careful study careful examination extremely careful be careful what you wish for

Anagrams

acreful

Examples

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut

Be careful who you trust and tell your problems to. Not everyone who smiles at you is your friend... Source: Internet

We should never forget that our guardian angel is always invisibly beside us; he guards us and he protects us. But it is necessary that we are also careful in our lives and that we not sin. Paisios of Mount Athos

Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. English Proverb

If you can't be good, then be careful. Bulgarian Proverb

Being careful is not being a coward. Haitian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

carefreeness carefront carefrontation careful analysis careful approach careful attention