CAUTIOUSNESS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

cautiousness

noun

Definition of cautiousness

as in carefulness

a close attentiveness to avoiding danger the cautiousness of drivers on the icy roadways was largely responsible for the accident-free day

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Recent Examples of cautiousness There used to be a cautiousness in rolling out new technology. — ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026 One key reason for his cautiousness is the financial burden. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026 With a style that requires high precision and ruthlessness in front of goal, Villa’s cautiousness was only magnified. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026 Goldman attributed the fall to investor concerns over consumer cautiousness in Europe and potential disruption from AI. — Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025 The cautiousness in spending extends to teachers That cautiousness in spending extends to teachers. — Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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Noun

This carefulness is clearly strategic.

— Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
There was no carefulness in it.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Definition of carefulness

Noun

For now, video officials will be limited to categorical errors, such as a second caution given to a player for handball when replays prove the ball hit them in the face.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Take caution when walking around here; the rocks can be slippery and waves have swept people out to sea.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of caution

Noun

Short-term rates went to 5% and change, Treasury bills paid more than investment grade corporates, and savers who had spent fifteen years being punished for prudence suddenly got paid handsomely for doing nothing.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
In those conditions, United’s prudence makes financial sense.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of prudence

Noun

During our conversation, Goldfarb seems attuned to the wariness but prepared with counterpoints.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026
Disheveled and brutish, Niaz is routinely greeted by his peers with wariness and surprise, his star faded by what is heavily suggested to be his own doing.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of wariness

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