Complete Definition of "careful"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-careful.ogg|Audio (US)

Alternative spellings
carefull (obsolete)

Adjective
careful (compar: more careful, superl: most careful)

  1. attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.

#:He was a slow and careful driver.

  1. conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.

#:They made a careful search of the crimescene.

Antonyms
careless

Derived terms
carefully

Translations
trans-top|cautious
Crimean Tatar: sak bol
Czech: opatrný m
Dutch: voorzichtig
Finnish: varovainen
German: vorsichtig
Hebrew: ���ר (zahyr) m, ���ר� (zehira) f
Italian: prudente
trans-mid
Old English: cearig|�eariġ
Portuguese: cauteloso m, cautelosa f; cuidadoso m, cuidadosa f
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trans-top|meticulous
Czech: pe�livý m
Dutch: zorgvuldig
Finnish: huolellinen
German: sorgfältig
Irish: curamach
trans-mid
Portuguese: cuidadoso m,cuidadosa f; meticuloso m, meticulosa f
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