Synonyms for precautionary
pre·cau·tion·a·ry

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1. precautionary, precautionaladjective

   taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure

   "gave precautionary advice"; "I would take precautionary steps to keep him away"

   Synonyms:
   precautional

   Antonyms:
   permissive

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1. precautionaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   provident

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1. List of paraphrases for "precautionary":

   precaution, preventive, caution, cautionary, cautious, preventative, prudent, prudential, prevention, interim, conservatory, pre-emptive, preemptive, careful, protective

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1. Meg Selby:

   Listening to her talk about the path... the tornado was on, it went from being kind of a precautionary thing to living through something very catastrophic.

2. Sayyed Ali Fadlallah:

   The foundation's name was not mentioned in this law ... what is happening now are precautionary measures taken by some institutions that are dealing with this matter far removed from the accuracy required to ensure no one is done an injustice.

3. Daphne Alexiou:

   Personally, I have already taken precautionary measures.

4. John Carmack:

   I don't buy into the precautionary principle idea where it's like, if there's a chance of something going wrong we should take mitigation measures for it, if there's demonstrated harm, then yes, we should try to mitigate the harm and balance it against the value that's created... but I think generally the right thing to do is to wait until harm actually manifests.

5. Drugmaker Novartis:

   A precautionary distribution stop of all Sandoz ranitidine-containing medicines in all our markets will remain in place under further clarification, this includes capsules in the USA. Our internal investigation is ongoing to determine further details. In case of concerns, adequate additional measures will be implemented in alignment with relevant Health Authorities as required.