'Careful' definitions:
Definition of 'careful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [ant: careless]
adjective
Cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice" [syn: careful, heedful]
adjective
Unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, deliberate, measured]
adjective
Full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41
adjective
Mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money" [syn: careful, thrifty]
Definition of 'Careful'
From: GCIDE
- Careful \Care"ful\ (k[^a]r"f[.u]l), a. [AS. cearful.]
- 1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing. --Phil. iv. 6. [1913 Webster]
- The careful plowman doubting stands. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful. [1913 Webster]
- The careful cold beginneth for to creep. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- By Him that raised me to this careful height. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. --2. Kings iv, 13. [1913 Webster]
- What could a careful father more have done? --Dryden.
- Syn: Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'careful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Careful'
- Care,
- Cared,
- Carefully,
- Carefulness,
- Caring,
- To care for,
- To have a care,
- be careful,
- care for,
- not care for,
- Not to care a rap,
- To take care,
- To take care of,
- camera care,
- car care,
- care a hang,
- care delivery,
- care of souls,
- cared-for,
- child care,
- day care,
- dental care,
- due care,
- foster care,
- give care,
- great care,
- hair care,
- health care,
- hospital care,
- intensive care,
- medical care,
- nursing care,
- ordinary care,
- personal care,
- primary care,
- reasonable care,
- skin care,
- slight care,
- take care,
- take care of,
- too-careful,
- Care-tuned,
- Devil may care,
- care-laden,
- coronary care unit,
- day care center,
- extended care facility,
- health care delivery,
- health care provider,
- intensive care unit,
- primary care physician,
- primary care provider,
- primary health care,
- tender loving care,
- casualty care research center,
- devil-may-care,
- neonatal intensive care unit