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careful
Overview of adj careful
The adj careful has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (19) careful -- (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")
2. (2) careful, heedful -- (cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice")
3. (1) careful, deliberate, measured -- (with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed")
4. careful -- (full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41)
5. careful, thrifty -- (mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money")
Grep of noun careful
carefulness
Antonyms of adj careful
5 senses of careful
Sense 1
careful (vs. careless)
careless (vs. careful)
=> casual, cursory, passing(prenominal), perfunctory
=> haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy
=> heedless, reckless
=> incautious
=> negligent
=> offhand, offhanded
Sense 2
careful, heedful
INDIRECT (VIA mindful) -> unmindful, forgetful, mindless
Sense 3
careful, deliberate, measured
INDIRECT (VIA unhurried) -> hurried
Sense 4
careful
INDIRECT (VIA troubled) -> untroubled
Sense 5
careful, thrifty
INDIRECT (VIA provident) -> improvident
Similarity of adj careful
5 senses of careful
Sense 1
careful (vs. careless)
=> blow-by-blow
=> cautious
=> certain, sure
=> close
=> conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous
=> detailed, elaborate, elaborated
=> minute, narrow
=> overcareful, too-careful
=> particular(prenominal)
=> protective(predicate)
=> studious
=> thorough
Also See> cautious#1; diligent#2; prudent#1
Sense 2
careful, heedful
=> mindful (vs. unmindful), aware
Sense 3
careful, deliberate, measured
=> unhurried (vs. hurried)
Sense 4
careful
=> troubled (vs. untroubled)
Sense 5
careful, thrifty
=> provident (vs. improvident)
Pertainyms of adj careful
Attributes of adj careful
1 of 5 senses of careful
Sense 1
careful (vs. careless)
=> carefulness
Domain of adj careful
1 of 5 senses of careful
Sense 4
careful
USAGE>(noun) archaism#1, archaicism#1
Domain Terms of adj careful
Familiarity of adj careful
careful used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj careful
careful
overcareful
too-careful
Grep of adv careful
carefully
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