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caution
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of CAUTION
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a close attentiveness to avoiding danger <the extreme caution with which the zookeeper handled the snake>
Synonyms alertness, care, carefulness, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, gingerliness, guardedness, heedfulness, prudence, wariness
Related Words attentiveness, observance, vigilance, watchfulness; foresight, foresightedness, providence; calculation, canniness, deliberateness, deliberation, shrewdness
Near Antonyms abruptness, hastiness, impetuousness, precipitousness, rashness, suddenness; inconsiderateness, inconsideration, thoughtlessness
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something extraordinary or surprising <how she manages to drive her car without destroying the neighborhood is a caution>
Related Words curiosity, sight, spectacle; beauty, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, knockout; apparition, appearance
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something that tells of approaching danger or risk <this is just a caution that the following paragraph practically gives away the entire plot of the movie>
Related Words omen, portent, premonition, presage; notice, notification; buoy, indicator, knell, sign, signal; foretaste, foretoken; announcement, declaration
Near Antonyms all clear
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the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk <we heeded the police officer's caution about the road ahead>
Synonyms admonishment, admonition, alarm (also alarum), alert, caution, forewarning, heads-up, notice
Related Words auguring, augury, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, prediction, premonition, presaging, prognosticating, prophecy (also prophesy), prophesying; apprising, informing, notification, notifying, tip-off; advice, counsel, guidance, recommendation, suggestion, tip; announcement, declaration
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