Synonyms 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

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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.

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

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

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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"

   Synonyms:
   deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measured

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

2. careful, heedfuladjective

   cautiously attentive

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

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

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

3. careful, deliberate, measuredadjective

   unhurried and with care and dignity

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

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

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

4. carefuladjective

   full of cares or anxiety

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

   Synonyms:
   deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measured

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

5. careful, thriftyadjective

   mindful of the future in spending money

   "careful with money"

   Synonyms:
   deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measured

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

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1. cautious

   i would be cautious about walking there after dark.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on June 13, 2021  

2. softness

   softness of heart means someone who gives way easily due to compassion or empathy. softness of a material means it is comfortable, smooth and soft to the touch.

   the baby snuggled down onto the softness of her freshly-laundered blanket.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on June 7, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] anxious, solicitous, concerned, troubled, uneasy

2. carefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   heedful, PROVIDENT, attentive, thoughtful

3. carefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   watchful, cautious, circumspect, vigilant

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1. carefuladjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "careful":

   cautious, prudent, attentive, thorough, attention, vigilant, meticulous, wary, conservative, carefully, conscientiously, circumspect, rigorous, detailed, caution, painstaking, precautionary, prudential, accurate, scrupulous, prudence, precise, observant, conscientious, watchful, earnestly

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1. Tim Manning:

   We'll be working paying close and careful attention to all of the components of the supply chain to ensure manufacturing keeps up with what we need, the Defense Production Act is a powerful tool -- powerful set of tools -- and there are many ways we can use The Defense Production Act to help ensure that there are adequate and growing supplies of vaccine.

2. Paul Lipkin:

   At the present time, autism screeners are not designed to look at boys and girls differently. This and other studies suggest that such may be needed, particularly around social skill development, so parents, pediatric clinicians, therapists, educators now should give careful consideration to girls who are having difficulties in social situations and assist these girls early.

3. Tom De Meulenaer:

   We are talking about a few tens of thousands of giraffes, and we talk about a few hundreds of thousands of African elephants. So we need to be careful.

4. Dan Pfeiffer:

   What has put Hunter Biden in this position( as the leader in the race) is that Hunter Biden seems like someone who could be president, there's a stature gap between Hunter Biden and Trump, and Hunter Biden has to be careful not to narrow that gap by getting pulled down in the mud with Trump.

5. Vincent Stephens:

   We must be careful to not mistake sales for social reform, translating the knowledge and content from books and electronic media into everyday antiracist practices is the only meaningful way for this renewed attention to influence society.