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carefulness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun carefulness has 2 senses
- carefulness(n = noun.attribute) caution, cautiousness - the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; "a man of caution" is a kind of attentiveness
- carefulness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work" is a kind of attentiveness
Derived forms adjective careful5, adjective careful2, adjective careful4
has particulars: conscientiousness, painstakingness
Derived forms adjective careful1, adjective careful3, adjective careful5
Antonym: carelessness
THESAURUS
carefulness
austerity, austerity program, calculation, canniness, care, careful consideration, caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, concern, consciousness, deliberate stages, deliberateness, deliberation, discretion, economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, false economy, forehandedness, frugality, frugalness, gingerliness, good management, guardedness, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, husbandry, judiciousness, management, mindfulness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, pawkiness, prior consultation, providence, prudence, prudential administration, prudentialness, regard, regardfulness, safeness, safety first, slowness to act, solicitude, sparingness, tentativeness, thoroughness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse strings, uncommunicativeness, unprecipitateness, unwastefulness
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