cautious 音标拼音: [k'ɔʃəs]
a . 谨慎的,小心的
谨慎的,小心的
cautious adj 1 :
showing careful forethought ; "
reserved and cautious ;
never making swift decisions "; "
a cautious driver " [
ant :
{
incautious }]
2 :
avoiding excess ; "
a conservative estimate " [
synonym : {
cautious },
{
conservative }]
n 1 :
people who are fearful and cautious ; "
whitewater rafting is not for the timid " [
synonym : {
timid }, {
cautious }] [
ant :
{
brave }]
Cautious \
Cau "
tious \,
a . [
Cf .
L .
cautus ,
fr .
caver .
See {
Caution }.]
Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune ;
prudent ;
circumspect ;
wary ;
watchful ;
as ,
a cautious general .
[
1913 Webster ]
Cautious feeling for another '
s pain . --
Byron .
[
1913 Webster ]
Be swift to hear ;
but cautious of your tongue . --
Watts .
Syn :
Wary ;
watchful ;
vigilant ;
prudent ;
circumspect ;
discreet ;
heedful ;
thoughtful ;
scrupulous ;
anxious ;
careful .
Usage : {
Cautious }, {
Wary }, {
Circumspect }.
A man is cautious who realizes the constant possibility of danger ;
one may be wary ,
and yet bold and active ;
a man who is circumspect habitually examines things on every side in order to weigh and deliberate .
It is necessary to be cautious at all times ;
to be wary in cases of extraordinary danger ;
to be circumspect in matters of peculiar delicacy and difficulty .
[
1913 Webster ]
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cautious ":
alert ,
ambling ,
attentive ,
cagey ,
calculating ,
canny ,
careful ,
chary ,
circumspect ,
claudicant ,
considerate ,
cozy ,
crawling ,
creeping ,
creeping like snail ,
curious ,
deliberate ,
demurring ,
diffident ,
discreet ,
disinclined to believe ,
disposed to doubt ,
easy ,
expedient ,
faltering ,
flagging ,
foot -
dragging ,
foresighted ,
forethoughtful ,
gentle ,
gingerly ,
gradual ,
guarded ,
halting ,
hard of belief ,
heedful ,
hesitant ,
hesitating ,
hobbled ,
hobbling ,
idle ,
impervious to persuasion ,
inconvincible ,
incredulous ,
indolent ,
jibbing ,
judicious ,
languid ,
languorous ,
lazy ,
leaving out nothing ,
leery ,
leisurely ,
limping ,
loving ,
lumbering ,
mindful ,
moderate ,
noncommittal ,
on guard ,
overlooking no possibility ,
pawky ,
poking ,
poky ,
politic ,
precautious ,
provident ,
prudent ,
regardful ,
relaxed ,
reluctant ,
safe ,
sauntering ,
scheming ,
scrupling ,
shilly -
shallying ,
shrewd ,
shuffling ,
shy of belief ,
skeptical ,
slack ,
slothful ,
slow ,
slow as death ,
slow as molasses ,
slow as slow ,
slow to act ,
slow -
crawling ,
slow -
foot ,
slow -
going ,
slow -
legged ,
slow -
moving ,
slow -
paced ,
slow -
poky ,
slow -
running ,
slow -
sailing ,
slow -
stepped ,
sluggish ,
snail -
paced ,
snaillike ,
solicitous ,
staggering ,
sticking ,
stickling ,
straining ,
strolling ,
suspecting ,
suspicious ,
tender ,
tentative ,
thorough ,
thoughtful ,
timid ,
toddling ,
tortoiselike ,
tottering ,
trudging ,
turtlelike ,
unadventurous ,
uncommunicative ,
unconvincible ,
uncredulous ,
undaring ,
unenterprising ,
unhurried ,
unpersuadable ,
unpersuasible ,
unprecipitate ,
unwilling to accept ,
vigilant ,
waddling ,
wary ,
watchful
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