Antonyms for careful
ˌkɛər fəlcare·ful

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1. carefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   careless

2. carefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   careless

3. carefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   careless

4. carefuladjective

   He was a slow and careful driver.

   Antonyms:
   careless

5. carefuladjective

   They made a careful search of the crimescene.

   Antonyms:
   careless

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. careful

   Vigilant implies more sustained activity and more intelligent volition than alert; one may be habitually alert by reason of native quickness of perception and thought, or one may be momentarily alert under some excitement or expectancy; one who is vigilant is so with thoughtful purpose. One is vigilant against danger or harm; he may be alert or watchful for good as well as against evil; he is wary in view of suspected stratagem, trickery, or treachery. A person may be wakeful because of some merely physical excitement or excitability, as through insomnia; yet he may be utterly careless and negligent in his wakefulness, the reverse of watchful; a person who is truly watchful must keep himself wakeful while on watch, in which case wakeful has something of mental quality. Watchful, from the Saxon, and vigilant, from the Latin, are almost exact equivalents; but vigilant has somewhat more of sharp definiteness and somewhat more suggestion of volition; one may be habitually watchful; one is vigilant of set purpose and for direct cause, as in the presence of an enemy. Compare ALERT.

   Antonyms:
   careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwary

   Synonyms:
   alert, awake, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, on the lookout, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. carefuladjective

   exercising caution or showing care or attention

   "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"

   Antonyms:
   mindless, heedless, hurried, haphazard, casual, reckless, forgetful, careless, slipshod, slapdash, sloppy, improvident, untroubled, incautious, passing(a), cursory, offhand, offhanded, perfunctory, unmindful

   Synonyms:
   deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measured

2. careful, heedfuladjective

   cautiously attentive

   "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"

   Antonyms:
   sloppy, hurried, passing(a), reckless, cursory, careless, incautious, slapdash, untroubled, perfunctory, casual, slipshod, improvident, forgetful, unmindful, offhanded, heedless, mindless, haphazard, offhand

   Synonyms:
   thoughtful, thrifty, paying attention, advertent, attentive, heedful, measured, deliberate

3. careful, deliberate, measuredadjective

   unhurried and with care and dignity

   "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"

   Antonyms:
   casual, incautious, slipshod, forgetful, perfunctory, offhanded, mindless, passing(a), slapdash, unmindful, hurried, reckless, careless, offhand, cursory, heedless, sloppy, untroubled, haphazard, improvident

   Synonyms:
   metric, thrifty, heedful, mensurable, metrical, measured, deliberate, calculated, mensural

4. carefuladjective

   full of cares or anxiety

   "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41

   Antonyms:
   reckless, offhand, unmindful, mindless, careless, improvident, cursory, forgetful, hurried, heedless, passing(a), casual, haphazard, incautious, offhanded, slipshod, untroubled, perfunctory, slapdash, sloppy

   Synonyms:
   deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measured

5. careful, thriftyadjective

   mindful of the future in spending money

   "careful with money"

   Antonyms:
   forgetful, careless, mindless, passing(a), untroubled, improvident, incautious, perfunctory, unmindful, hurried, slipshod, haphazard, heedless, casual, offhanded, slapdash, offhand, cursory, sloppy, reckless

   Synonyms:
   deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measured

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1. carefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   cautious, watchful, provident, chary, attentive, circumspect, considerate, heedful, prudent, discreet, wary, mindful, choice, sparing, observant

How to use careful in a sentence?

1. Luis Vargas:

   The real world still exists and we have to be careful, even more in our country.

2. Mark Twain:

   Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

3. Maxine Waters:

   Facebook has data on billions of people and has repeatedly shown a disregard for the protection and careful use of this data, with the announcement that it plans to create a cryptocurrency, Facebook is continuing its unchecked expansion and extending its reach into the lives of its users.

4. Michael Maggy:

   Everyone is careful, but they've allowed children to go to schools. They've allowed people to commute to work, they've made us feel as secure as possible in this temporary new reality.

5. Buffalo Wild Wings:

   Upon careful review, we have decided to discontinue airing our current television commercials featuring Steve Rannazzisi.

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