noun
Meaning 1
The state of being careful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
carefulness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being careful and painstaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I admired the carefulness of his work
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: carelessness
Broader terms: attentiveness
Narrower terms: conscientiousness, painstakingness
noun
Meaning 3
the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a man of caution
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: caution, cautiousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attentiveness
History
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English carfulnes (“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”), equivalent to careful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: সতর্কীকরণ (śotorkikron) — state of being careful
- Czech: opatrnost — state of being careful
- German: Vorsicht — state of being careful
- German: Sorgfalt — state of being careful
- Hindi: सतर्कता (satarkatā) — state of being careful
- Hindi: सजगता (sajagtā) — state of being careful
- Hungarian: óvatosság — state of being careful
- Hungarian: gondosság — state of being careful
- Mongolian: болгоомжтой (bolgoomžtoj) — state of being careful
- Persian: احتیاط (ehtiyât) — state of being careful
- Polish: ostrożność — state of being careful
- Polish: uważność — state of being careful
- Polish: pieczołowitość — state of being careful
- Portuguese: atento — state of being careful
- Russian: осторо́жность (ostoróžnostʹ) — state of being careful
- Serbo-Croatian: brìžljivōst — state of being careful
- Serbo-Croatian: pòmnjivōst — state of being careful
- Yakut: болҕомто (bolğomto) — state of being careful