Antonyms for reckless
ˈrɛk lɪsreck·less

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. reckless

   Antonyms:
   careful, heedful, cautious, timid, chary, thoughtful, calculating, provident, considerate, wary, circumspect

   Synonyms:
   careless, heedless, incautious, foolhardy, thoughtless, rash, overventuresome, regardless, inconsiderate, improvident

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1. foolhardy, heady, rash, recklessadjective

   marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

   "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

   Antonyms:
   timid, careful

   Synonyms:
   rash, heady, wise, heedless, judicious, foolhardy, intoxicating

2. heedless, recklessadjective

   characterized by careless unconcern

   "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds"

   Antonyms:
   careful, timid

   Synonyms:
   heady, heedless, foolhardy, unheeding, rash

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1. recklessadjective

   Synonyms:
   heedless, inconsiderate, unmindful, thoughtless, temerarious, rash, uncircumspect, incautious, hasty, foolhardy

How to use reckless in a sentence?

1. State John Kerry on Thursday:

   We condemn this kind of behavior. It is reckless. It is provocative. It is dangerous. And under the rules of engagement that could have been a shoot-down, people need to understand that this is serious business and the United States is not going to be intimidated on the high seas. ... We are communicating to the Russians how dangerous this is and our hope is that this will never be repeated.

2. Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh:

   It is every parents nightmare to lose a child. Its been a heavy and black night in Malmo, weve been in this situation before with similar events. This is what the police have warned about, namely an escalation of cruel and reckless violence in Malmo.

3. Gov Cuomo:

   These pictures of people on beaches, these videos of young people saying, This is my spring break, Im out to party, this is so unintelligent and reckless. I cant even begin to express it.

4. Maya MacGuineas:

   We made a huge mistake being so in debt when the economy was strong, but just because we were reckless and foolish going into the crisis, [ that ] doesn't mean we shouldn't borrow during it.

5. Jay Tifickjian:

   I can’t think of the last case here, or anywhere else, where somebody committed a negligent or reckless crime that resulted in such a sentence, it’s really telling of how the government can come down and really crush someone if they want to.

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