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Antonyms for careful
ˌkɛər fəlcare·ful

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term careful.

Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  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 Antonyms0.0 / 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 WordNet5.0 / 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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. Chris Dick:

    I think we have to be careful, i don’t think we have enough information to say the census was flawed, but I don’t think we have enough information to say the census was a success.

  2. Antonio Tejada:

    The MACCIH wouldn't prevent them, but they would be more careful because they knew they were being watched.

  3. Alex Tauberg:

    People with asthma, and especially exercise-induced asthma, should be very careful about working out in the cold, asthma can be exacerbated by cold, dry air and cause asthma attacks.

  4. Bryan Singer:

    The last time I posted about this subject, Esquire magazine was preparing to publish an article written by a homophobic journalist who has a bizarre obsession with me dating back to 1997, after careful fact-checking and, in consideration of the lack of credible sources, Esquire chose not to publish this piece of vendetta journalism. That didn't stop this writer from selling it to The Atlantic. It's sad that The Atlantic would stoop to this low standard of journalistic integrity.

  5. Claire Mysko:

    Everyone (says) 'Oh obesity, obesity, we have to do something about the obesity epidemic,' and so it's like throwing spaghetti at a wall without any evidence behind it and then you see that these programs are actually backfiring, we have to be very careful that in our efforts to combat one so-called epidemic that we're not adding fuel to the fire of another one.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#4833casual
#5469careful
#13293dull
#18688mindless
#21679reckless
#22327sloppy
#24888careless
#25698negligent
#30221hurried
#33501oblivious
#47010drowsy
#49265cursory
#58851haphazard
#63892thoughtless
#64449forgetful
#66244inconsiderate
#69724inattentive
#74451offhand
#84316unwary
#91395untroubled
#92204perfunctory
#98935heedless
#120040neglectful
#155481unmindful
#163199slapdash
#194281slipshod
#235698improvident
#259662incautious

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