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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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. Cautious feeling for another's pain. --Byron. 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.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
cautious adj 1: showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver" [ant: incautious] 2: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" [syn: conservative] 3: cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent; "a cautious answer"; "very cautious about believing everything she was told" 4: unwilling to take risks n : people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" [syn: timid] [ant: brave]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cautious Αγγλικά a. προσεκτικόςFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cautious a. Using or exercising caution; careful; tentativeFrom English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
cautious a. Using or exercising caution; careful; tentativeFrom English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
cautious a. Using or exercising caution; careful; tentativeFrom English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
cautious a. Using or exercising caution; careful; tentativeFrom Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cautious Englanti a. varovainenFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cautious Engelska a. försiktigFrom English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ behoedsaam, beleidvol, versigtigFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ حذرFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
cautious //ˈkɔːʃəs//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]внима́телен, предпазли́в careful
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]obezřetný
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ opatrnýFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ obezřelýFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ behutsam, bedacht, zurückhaltendFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ verhalten, gedämpftFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ vorsichtig, achtsam, behutsamFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]see: more cautious, most cautious
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ επιφυλακτικός, εφεκτικόςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
cautious //ˈkɔːʃəs//From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]varovainen careful
cautious /kɔːʃəs/ prudentFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. सावधान "Be cautious in spending money!"
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ obazriv, oprezan, pažljivFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ óvatosFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
cautious //ˈkɔːʃəs//From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]waspada careful
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ cautoFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
cautious //ˈkɔːʃəs//From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-lat ]慎重 careful
cautious /kɔːʃəs/ cautusFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
cautious /ˈkɔ:ʃəs/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]ostrożny
cautious /kɔːʃəs/ 1. cauto 2. prudenteFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
cautious /kɔːʃəs/ 1. circunspecto, precavido, prudenteFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
cautious //ˈkɔːʃəs//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]försiktig, aktsam, varlig, varsam careful
cautious /kˈɔːʃəs/ 1. ihtiyatlı, tedbirli, sakıngan, dikkatli. cautiously ihtiyatla cautiousness ihtiyatlılık.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈkɔʃəs/
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, watchfulFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 谨慎的,小心的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 谨慎的,小心的