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| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn, advise |
| Synonyms: | admonish, alert, exhort, flag, forewarn, give the high sign, give the lowdown on, pull one's coat, put one wise, tip off, tip*, urge, wave a red flag, wise one up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alertness, carefulness |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, deliberation, discretion, foresight, forethought, heed, providence, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness, Fabian policy, canniness, circumspection, discreetness, heedfulness |
| Antonyms: | imprudence, indiscretion, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness, heedlessness |
| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advice, bug in one's ear, caveat, commonition, counsel, forewarning, hint, injunction, monition, notice, omen, premonition, sign, tip*, tip-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
admonitory, admonitve, aposematic, careful, cautelous, cautionary, cautious, chary, circumspect, cool, discreet, guarded, heedful, monitory, on one's guard, overcautious, pedetentous, politic, premonitory, prudent, sematic, shy of, skillful, steady, stealthy, sure, unenterprising, warned, warning, wary, watchful
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-nouns
-verbs
be cautious; take care, take heed, take good care; have a care mind, what one is about; be on one's guard (keep watch) [more]; "make assurance doubly sure" [Macbeth]., bespeak (be early) [more]., think twice, look before one leaps, count the cost, look to the main chance, cut one's coat according to one's cloth; feel one's ground, feel one's way; see how the land lies (foresight) [more]; wait to see how the cat jumps; bridle one's tongue; reculer pour mieux sauter (prepare) [more]; let well alone, let well enough alone, ne pas reveiller le chat qui dort., keep out of harm's way, keep out of troubled waters; keep at a respectful distance, stand aloof; keep on the safe side, be on the safe side., husband one's resources [more]., caution (warn) [more].
-adjectives
cautious, wary, guarded; on one's guard (watchful) [more]; cavendo tutus; in medio tutissimus; vigilant., careful, heedful; cautelous, stealthy, chary, shy of, circumspect, prudent, discreet, politic; sure-footed (skillful) [more]., unenterprising, unadventurous, cool, steady, self-possessed; overcautious.
-adverbs
cautiously
-phrases
timeo Danaos [Vergil]; festina lente.
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| Antonyms: | rashness |
| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer*, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
| Notes: | advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem |
| Antonyms: | betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caveat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning |
| Synonyms: | admonition, alarm, caution, monition, sign, commonition, forewarning |
| Main Entry: | counsel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give advice |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, advocate, caution, charge, direct, enjoin, exhort, guide, huddle*, inform, instruct, order, prescribe, prompt, recommend, reprehend, steer, suggest, teach, tip, tout, urge, warn, confab, give pointer, give two cents, keep posted, kibitz, put bug in ear, put heads together, put on to, show the ropes, tip off, wise one up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deliberation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | serious thought, discussion |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, calculation, care, caution, cogitation, conference, consideration, consultation, debate, forethought, heed, meditation, prudence, purpose, rap, reflection, speculation, study, ventilation, wariness, brainwork, carefulness, cerebration, circumspection, confabulation, ratiocination |
| Main Entry: | deter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, inhibit from action |
| Synonyms: | avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, turn off, warn, act like a wet blanket, disadvise, forfend, put a damper on, talk out of, throw cold water on |
| Antonyms: | encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, stimulate, support, turn on, urge, put on to |
| Main Entry: | economy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saving, frugality |
| Synonyms: | abridgement, austerity, care, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, moratorium, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, shrinkage, supervision, thrift, carefulness, miserliness, niggardliness, parcity, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, thriftiness |
| Antonyms: | spending, squandering |
| Main Entry: | exhort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | urge, warn |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, beseech, bid, caution, counsel, egg on*, encourage, enjoin, entreat, goad, incite, insist, persuade, plead, preach, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel, spur, stimulate, call upon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exhortation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, urging |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advice, bidding, caution, counsel, encouragement, entreaty, incitement, instigation, lecture, persuasion, preaching, sermon, beseeching, enjoinder, goading |
| Main Entry: | foresight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, care, caution, clairvoyance, discernment, discretion, economy, foreknowledge, forethought, insight, perception, precaution, precognition, preconception, premeditation, premonition, prescience, prospect, providence, provision, prudence, sagacity, canniness, carefulness, circumspection, discreetness, far-sightedness, long-sightedness, prenotion |
| Antonyms: | hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | forethought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, caution, deliberation, discretion, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense, canniness, discreetness, far-sightedness |
| Antonyms: | hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, thought |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, caution, cognizance, concentration, concern, consideration, debate, deliberation, ear*, interest, mark, mind*, note, notice, observance, observation, regard, remark, respect, spotlight*, study, watchfulness, TLC, carefulness, heedfulness, listen up, tender loving care |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness, heedlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate knowledge, information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, betray, blab*, brief, caution, clue, edify, educate, endow, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, forewarn, give away, illuminate, inspire, instruct, invest, leak, level, notify, post, relate, snitch, squeal, tattle, teach, tell, tip, tout, update, warn, wise, endue, give a pointer, give a tip, give two cents, let in on, let know, make conversant with, send word, show the ropes, tell on |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | danger; pest |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, caution, commination, hazard, intimidation, jeopardy, nuisance, peril, plague, risk, scare, threat, thunder, trouble, troublemaker, warning |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | notify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, air, alert, announce, apprise, assert, blazon, brief, broadcast, cable, caution, circulate, convey, cue, debrief, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, express, fill in, give, herald, hint, mention, pass out, post, proclaim, promulgate, publish, radio, report, reveal, speak, spread, state, suggest, talk, teach, telephone, tell, vent, warn, wire, write, clue in, let in on, let know, make known, send word, tip off, wise up |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, suppress |
| Main Entry: | precaution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness; preventative measure |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, care, caution, discretion, foresight, forethought, insurance, protection, providence, provision, prudence, regard, safeguard, wariness, canniness, circumspection, discreetness, safety measure |
| Antonyms: | carelessness |
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