careful

 
  Grep  of  noun  careful 
  carefulness 
 
  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  --  ((archaic)  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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  careful 
 
  5  senses  of  careful 
 
  Sense  1 
  careful  (vs.  careless) 
 
  careless  (vs.  careful) 
  =>  casual,  cursory,  passing(postnominal),  perfunctory 
  =>  haphazard,  slapdash,  slipshod,  sloppy 
  =>  heedless,  reckless 
  =>  negligent 
  =>  offhand,  offhanded 
  =>  incautious 
 
  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(postnominal) 
  =>  protective(prenominal) 
  =>  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) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  careful 
 
  1  of  5  senses  of  careful 
 
  Sense  1 
  careful  (vs.  careless) 
  =>  carefulness 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  careful 
 
  careful  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  careful 
  careful 
  overcareful 
  too-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  --  ((archaic)  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") 

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