'Circumspect' definitions:
Definition of 'circumspect'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor" [syn: circumspect, discreet]
Definition of 'Circumspect'
From: GCIDE
- Circumspect \Cir"cum*spect\, a. [L. circumspectus, p. p. of circumspicere to look about one's self, to observe; circum + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy.] Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.
- Syn: See Cautious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'circumspect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambling,
- attentive,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- claudicant,
- considerate,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- easy,
- enlightened,
- faltering,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- gradual,
- guarded,
- halting,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- indolent,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leaving out nothing,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loving,
- lumbering,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- poking,
- poky,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- punctilious,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- safe,
- sauntering,
- scrupulous,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to act,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- solicitous,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- tender,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unhurried,
- unprecipitate,
- waddling,
- wary,
- well-advised,
- well-judged