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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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.

   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, careful, 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, careful, 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, careful

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

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to use CAREFUL in a sentence?

1. Indianapolis Colts:

   It was careful consideration. It was n’t fan pressure, player pressure or anything along those lines, chuck has won( 41) games in the last four years. That’s not easy to do.

2. David Geldmacher:

   I am careful to say I can't make a specific calculation for any one individual but I can say people with this profile have this risk, you may vary but this is where you would fit in if you were part of these studies.

3. Mike Ryan:

   Let me also emphasize, if you are sick with a fever, with a cough and are sneezing, you should not be in public, you should be seeking the care of a medical professional and seeking a Covid-19 test, we need to be very, very, very careful that masks are not seen as an alternative to the other public health measures that are so desperately needed.

4. Randy Forbes:

   I’ve been wanting for some time to make sure we have a deep penetrating strike capability. It is vitally important that we get this right and not just settle for an ISR capability. The key thing is we’ve got to be very careful about taking things off the table at the beginning because our potential adversaries or competitors are not going to take things off the table.

5. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson:

   This is not the time simply to end the lockdown, instead we are taking the first careful steps to modify our measures.