Meaning of CAREFUL
| Pronunciation: | | `kehrful
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
- [adj] mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"
- [adj] cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"
- [adj] (archaic) full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41
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| | Synonyms: | | aware, blow-by-blow, cautious, certain, close, conscientious, deliberate, detailed, elaborate, elaborated, heedful, measured, mindful, minute, narrow, overcareful, painstaking, particular(a), protective(p), provident, scrupulous, studious, sure, thorough, thrifty, too-careful, troubled, unhurried |
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| | Antonyms: | | careless | | |
| | See Also: | | diligent, prudent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Care"ful\ (k[^a]r"f[.u]l), a. [AS. cearful.]
1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [Archaic]
Be careful [Rev. Ver. ``anxious''] for nothing.
--Phil. iv. 6.
The careful plowman doubting stands. --Milton.
2. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern,
anxiety, or trouble; painful.
The careful cold beginneth for to creep. --Spenser.
By Him that raised me to this careful height.
--Shak.
3. 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.
Thou hast been careful for us with all this care.
--2. Kings iv,
13.
What could a careful father more have done?
--Dryden.
Syn: Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious;
circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, Scotch, 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 |
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