Synset

exercising caution or showing care or attention
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 19

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

carefulness

antonym

careless

semantic pointers

also see

cautious diligent prudent

attribute

carefulness