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Antonyms for careful
ˌkɛər fəlcare·ful
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term careful.
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
careful
Vigilant implies more sustained activity and more intelligent volition than alert; one may be habitually alert by reason of native quickness of perception and thought, or one may be momentarily alert under some excitement or expectancy; one who is vigilant is so with thoughtful purpose. One is vigilant against danger or harm; he may be alert or watchful for good as well as against evil; he is wary in view of suspected stratagem, trickery, or treachery. A person may be wakeful because of some merely physical excitement or excitability, as through insomnia; yet he may be utterly careless and negligent in his wakefulness, the reverse of watchful; a person who is truly watchful must keep himself wakeful while on watch, in which case wakeful has something of mental quality. Watchful, from the Saxon, and vigilant, from the Latin, are almost exact equivalents; but vigilant has somewhat more of sharp definiteness and somewhat more suggestion of volition; one may be habitually watchful; one is vigilant of set purpose and for direct cause, as in the presence of an enemy. Compare ALERT.
Antonyms:
careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwarySynonyms:
alert, awake, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, on the lookout, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake
Princeton's WordNet
carefuladjective
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"
Antonyms:
mindless, heedless, hurried, haphazard, casual, reckless, forgetful, careless, slipshod, slapdash, sloppy, improvident, untroubled, incautious, passing(a), cursory, offhand, offhanded, perfunctory, unmindfulSynonyms:
deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measuredcareful, heedfuladjective
cautiously attentive
"careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"
Antonyms:
sloppy, hurried, passing(a), reckless, cursory, careless, incautious, slapdash, untroubled, perfunctory, casual, slipshod, improvident, forgetful, unmindful, offhanded, heedless, mindless, haphazard, offhandSynonyms:
thoughtful, thrifty, paying attention, advertent, attentive, heedful, measured, deliberatecareful, deliberate, measuredadjective
unhurried and with care and dignity
"walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
Antonyms:
casual, incautious, slipshod, forgetful, perfunctory, offhanded, mindless, passing(a), slapdash, unmindful, hurried, reckless, careless, offhand, cursory, heedless, sloppy, untroubled, haphazard, improvidentSynonyms:
metric, thrifty, heedful, mensurable, metrical, measured, deliberate, calculated, mensuralcarefuladjective
full of cares or anxiety
"Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41
Antonyms:
reckless, offhand, unmindful, mindless, careless, improvident, cursory, forgetful, hurried, heedless, passing(a), casual, haphazard, incautious, offhanded, slipshod, untroubled, perfunctory, slapdash, sloppySynonyms:
deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measuredcareful, thriftyadjective
mindful of the future in spending money
"careful with money"
Antonyms:
forgetful, careless, mindless, passing(a), untroubled, improvident, incautious, perfunctory, unmindful, hurried, slipshod, haphazard, heedless, casual, offhanded, slapdash, offhand, cursory, sloppy, recklessSynonyms:
deliberate, thrifty, heedful, measured
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use careful in a sentence?
White House spokesman Josh Earnest:
And that's why the president is supportive of this process in the House. He believes it should get careful consideration in the Senate.
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Even though we're pleased by the evidence from multiple countries that it looks like there is a lesser degree of severity, we've got to be careful that we don't get complacent about that because it might still lead to a lot of hospitalizations in the United States.
We have to be very careful, because other than advantages, we can also deal with complications.
Be careful what you set your heart upon, for it surely shall be yours.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4833 | casual | |
#5469 | careful | |
#13293 | dull | |
#18688 | mindless | |
#21679 | reckless | |
#22327 | sloppy | |
#24888 | careless | |
#25698 | negligent | |
#30221 | hurried | |
#33501 | oblivious | |
#47010 | drowsy | |
#49265 | cursory | |
#58851 | haphazard | |
#63892 | thoughtless | |
#64449 | forgetful | |
#66244 | inconsiderate | |
#69724 | inattentive | |
#74451 | offhand | |
#84316 | unwary | |
#91395 | untroubled | |
#92204 | perfunctory | |
#98935 | heedless | |
#120040 | neglectful | |
#155481 | unmindful | |
#163199 | slapdash | |
#194281 | slipshod | |
#235698 | improvident | |
#259662 | incautious |
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