Definition of cautious

"cautious" in the noun sense

1. timid, cautious

people who are fearful and cautious

"whitewater rafting is not for the timid"

"cautious" in the adjective sense

1. cautious

showing careful forethought never making swift decisions"

"reserved and cautious

"a cautious driver"

2. cautious, conservative

avoiding excess

"a conservative estimate"

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Quotations for cautious

Be cautious and bold. [ Rothschild ]

The cautious seldom err. [ Confucius ]

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise! [ Homer ]

Bold at the council board, but cautious in the field. [ Dryden ]

Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells. [ Johnson ]

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Friendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibers, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading. [ Vanbrugh ]

As a man's yes and no, so his character. A prompt yes or no marks the firm, the quick, the decided character; and a slow, the cautious or timid. [ Lavater ]

As the cautious pilot steers the ship clear of the breakers, and brings the vessel safe to port, so should we steer our life-ship clear of the rocks and shoals of sin to the port of everlasting life. [ James Ellis ]

He said - and his observation was just - that a man on whom heaven hath bestowed a beautiful wife should be as cautious of the men he brings home to his house as careful of observing the female friends with whom his spouse converses abroad. [ Cervantes ]

cautious in Scrabble®

The word cautious is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters cautious:

CAUTIOUS
(99)
CAUTIOUS
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cautious in Words With Friends™

The word cautious is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters cautious:

CAUTIOUS
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CAUTIOUS
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Words within the letters of cautious

2 letter words in cautious (10 words)

3 letter words in cautious (16 words)

5 letter words in cautious (11 words)

6 letter words in cautious (1 word)

8 letter words in cautious (1 word)

cautious + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence cautious

Words that start with cautious (3 words)

Word Growth involving cautious

Shorter words in cautious

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Longer words containing cautious

cautiously overcautiously

cautiously precautiously

cautiously uncautiously

cautiously undercautiously

cautiousness overcautiousness

cautiousness precautiousness

cautiousness uncautiousness

cautiousness undercautiousness

overcautious overcautiously

overcautious overcautiousness

precautious precautiously

precautious precautiousness

supercautious

ultracautious

uncautious uncautiously

uncautious uncautiousness

undercautious undercautiously

undercautious undercautiousness