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careful
adjective as in cautious; painstaking
Strongest matches
accurate, attentive, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, deliberate, discreet, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, precise, prudent, rigorous, scrupulous, sober, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary
Strong match
Weak matches
alert, apprehensive, assiduous, chary, conservative, cool, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, going to great lengths, guarded, heedful, observant, particular, playing safe, prim, protective, provident, punctilious, regardful, religious, selfdisciplined, shy, solicitous, solid
Example Sentences
As for managing my feelings, I’m careful and selective as to what news or information I consume.
She added people who already have points, or who had escaped a ban based on exceptional hardship, which they cannot apply for on the same grounds more than once in a three-year period, were often "a lot more careful than anybody else on the road".
Alberto Carvalho said school leaders were “methodical, careful and all-encompassing” as they studied options on what to do with cellphones.
New Yorkers still need to be careful.
“It’s a violation of people’s right to autonomy and is an example of the government interfering in careful discussions and decisions made involving patients, their families, and their clinicians,” Keuroghlian told Salon in a phone interview.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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