incaution | Definition of incaution

Synonyms and Antonyms of incaution

failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes

as a result of an agent's colossal incaution, a laptop filled with top-secret intelligence was missing

Synonyms of incaution

carelessness, dereliction, heedlessness, incautiousness, laxness, neglectfulness, negligence, remissness, slackness

Words Related to incaution

foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness, wildness

neglect, omission

delinquency, irresponsibility, irresponsibleness, malfeasance, malpractice, misconduct

misdirection, mishandling, mismanagement

forgetfulness, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, obliviousness, shortsightedness, unwariness

Near Antonyms of incaution

alertness, attention, attentiveness, awareness

circumspection, observance, vigilance, watchfulness

responsibility, responsibleness

Antonyms of incaution

care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, heedfulness