What are some opposite words for carefulness?
Antonyms for carefulnesscare·ful·ness
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term carefulness.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
carefulness
Prudence may be briefly defined as good judgment and foresight, inclining to caution and frugality in practical affairs. Care may respect only the present; prudence and providence look far ahead and sacrifice the present to the future, prudence watching, saving, guarding, providence planning, doing, preparing, and perhaps expending largely to meet the future demand. Frugality is in many cases one form of prudence. In a besieged city prudence will reduce the rations, providence will strain every nerve to introduce supplies and to raise the siege. Foresight merely sees the future, and may even lead to the recklessness and desperation to which prudence and providence are so strongly opposed. Forethought is thinking in accordance with wise views of the future, and is nearly equivalent to providence, but it is a more popular and less comprehensive term; we speak of man's forethought, God's providence. Compare CARE; FRUGALITY; WISDOM.
Antonyms:
folly, heedlessness, improvidence, imprudence, indiscretion, prodigality, rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, wastefulnessSynonyms:
care, caution, circumspection, consideration, discretion, forecast, foresight, forethought, frugality, judgment, judiciousness, providence, prudence, wisdom
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Princeton's WordNet
caution, cautiousness, carefulnessnoun
the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
"a man of caution"
Antonyms:
sloppiness, carelessnessSynonyms:
circumspection, caution, precaution, caveat, care, cautiousness, forethoughtcarefulnessnoun
the quality of being careful and painstaking
"I admired the carefulness of his work"
Antonyms:
sloppiness, carelessnessSynonyms:
cautiousness, caution
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
carefulnessnoun
Synonyms:
caution, wariness, circumspection, chariness, forethought, precaution, watchfulness, discretion, concern, cautiousness
How to use carefulness in a sentence?
Investing in ships is not the easiest area, it requires extreme carefulness and special expertise.
Signs in the vegetable branch are positive or even very positive in some activities, which should counter-balance the extreme carefulness we have on the crop seeds.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#21891 | folly | |
#57236 | carelessness | |
#75706 | recklessness | |
#92835 | indiscretion | |
#139042 | sloppiness | |
#169361 | rashness | |
#182661 | imprudence | |
#186849 | thoughtlessness | |
#218588 | carefulness | |
#243467 | wastefulness | |
#271402 | heedlessness | |
#284758 | prodigality |
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