Synonyms and Antonyms of careful
1
having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble
- careful drivers slow down on slick or icy roadways
alert, cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, considerate, gingerly, guarded, heedful, safe, wary
advertent, attentive, awake, observant, regardful, vigilant, watchful
hypercautious
foresighted, foresightful, forethoughtful, provident, thoughtful
cagey (also cagy), calculating, canny, shrewd
deliberate, slow
ultracareful, ultracautious
bold, brash, impetuous, rash, reckless, venturesome
asleep, inattentive, regardless
inconsiderate, thoughtless
lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss
imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious
absentminded, forgetful
inadvertent, unintentional, unplanned
2
taking, showing, or involving great care and effort
- that furniture maker was known to be a most careful worker, so his output was small
assiduous, diligent, indefatigable, persevering, sedulous
exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing
alert, attentive, observant, vigilant, watchful
accurate, exact, precise, strict
critical, demanding, discriminating, exacting, fastidious, finicky, particular
cautious, chary, circumspect, gingerly, guarded, heedful, mindful, wary
deliberate, plodding, slow
studied, thoughtful
all-out, determined, dogged, intensive, patient, tenacious, tireless, zealous
cursory, halfhearted
heedless, inattentive, incautious, mindless, regardless, unguarded, unsafe, unwary
lax, neglectful, negligent, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly
imprecise
inaccurate, uncritical, undemanding, undiscriminating
bold, impetuous, rash, reckless
apathetic, indifferent, lackadaisical, lazy, lazyish
