Dictionary Definition
carefulness
Noun
1 the trait of being cautious; being attentive to
possible danger; "a man of caution" [syn: caution, cautiousness] [ant:
incaution]
2 the quality of being careful and painstaking;
"I admired the carefulness of his work" [ant: carelessness]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The state of being careful.
Translations
- Czech: opatrnost
- German: Vorsicht
- Mongolian: болгоомжтой (bolgoomžtoy)
- Russian: осторожность (ostoróžnost’)
- Yakut: болҕомто (bolɣumǰitai)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
austerity, austerity program,
calculation,
canniness, care, careful consideration,
caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, concern, consciousness, deliberate
stages, deliberateness, deliberation, discretion, economic
planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, false
economy, forehandedness, frugality, frugalness, gingerliness, good
management, guardedness, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, husbandry, judiciousness, management, mindfulness, parsimoniousness,
parsimony, pawkiness, prior consultation,
providence, prudence, prudential
administration, prudentialness, regard, regardfulness, safeness, safety first,
slowness to act, solicitude, sparingness, tentativeness, thoroughness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse
strings, uncommunicativeness,
unprecipitateness,
unwastefulness