Careful

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: care=ful

CIDE DICTIONARY

Careful, a. [AS. cearful.].

•  Full of care; anxious; solicitous.  [1913 Webster]

  "Be careful [Rev. Ver. “anxious”] for nothing."  [1913 Webster]

  "The careful plowman doubting stands."  [1913 Webster]
•  Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.  [1913 Webster]

  "The careful cold beginneth for to creep."  [1913 Webster]

  "By Him that raised me to this careful height."  [1913 Webster]
•  Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.  [1913 Webster]

  "Thou hast been careful for us with all this care."  [1913 Webster]

  "What could a careful father more have done?"

Syn. -- Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Careful, adj.
1 painstaking, thorough.
2 cautious.
3 done with care and attention.
4 (usu. foll. by that + clause, or to + infin.) taking care; not neglecting.
5 (foll. by for, of) concerned for; taking care of.

Derivative

carefully adv. carefulness n.

Etymology

OE carful (as CARE, -FUL)

THESAURUS

Careful

Scotch, accurate, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, aware, calculating, canny, cautious, chary, cheeseparing, circumspect, concentrated, conscientious, conscionable, conscious, conserving, considerate, critical, curious, deliberate, diligent, discreet, discriminating, discriminative, duteous, dutiful, earnest, economic, economizing, enlightened, exact, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, forehanded, foresighted, frugal, fussy, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, intense, intent, intentive, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, labor-saving, leaving out nothing, loving, meticulous, mindful, money-saving, nice, niggling, noncommittal, observant, observing, on guard, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, overconscientious, overlooking no possibility, overscrupulous, painstaking, parsimonious, particular, pawky, penny-wise, politic, precise, provident, prudent, prudential, punctilious, punctual, reflecting, reflective, regardful, religious, safe, saving, scrimping, scrupulous, skimping, slow to act, solicitous, spare, sparing, strict, studied, systematic, tender, tender-conscienced, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, thrifty, time-saving, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, unwasteful, vigilant, wary, watchful, well-advised, well-judged

ROGET THESAURUS

Careful

Economy

N economy, frugality, thrift, thriftiness, care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness, retrenchment, savings, prevention of waste, save-all, cheese parings and candle ends, parsimony, cost-cutting, cost control, economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing, parsimonious, underpaid, sparingly, ne quid nimis, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit, magnum est vectigal parsimonia.

Caution

N caution, cautiousness, discretion, prudence, cautel, heed, circumspection, calculation, deliberation, foresight, vigilance, warning, coolness, self-possession, self-command, presence of mind, sang froid, well-regulated mind, worldly wisdom, Fabian policy, cautious, wary, guarded, on one's guard, cavendo tutus, in medio tutissimus, vigilant, careful, heedful, cautelous, stealthy, chary, shy of, circumspect, prudent, discreet, politic, sure-footed, unenterprising, unadventurous, cool, steady, self-possessed, overcautious, cautiously, Int, have a care!, timeo Danaos, festina lente, ante victoriam ne canas triumphum, don't sing out victory before the triumph, give, every man thine ear but few thy voice, he who laughs last laughs best, il rit bien qui rit le dernier, ni firmes carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no v, nescit vox missa reverti, love all, trust a few, noli irritare leones, safe bind safe find, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.