English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English careful Old English carful ċearful ( “ careful, anxious, curious, troubled ” ) , equivalent to care -ful
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] careful (comparative more carefulsuperlative most careful
( obsolete ) Full of care or grief ; sorrowful , sad .
1485 , Sir Thomas Malory , Le Morte d’Arthur
‘Alas,’ sayde Sir Cadore, ‘now carefull is myne herte that now lyeth dede my cosyn that I beste loved.’
( obsolete ) Full of cares or anxiety ; worried , troubled .
1590 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , III.1:
Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile.
Having care (for); attentive to potential danger , error or harm ; cautious .
He was a slow and careful driver.
Conscientious and painstaking ; meticulous .
They made a careful search of the crime scene.
Synonyms [ edit ] Antonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
cautious
Bengali: সতর্ক ( sôtôrkô ) , সাবধান ( sābdhān )
Bulgarian: грижлив (bg) ( grižliv ) , внимателен (bg) ( vnimatelen )
Catalan: cautelós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 當心 (zh) , 当心 (zh) ( dāngxīn ) , 小心 (zh) ( xiǎoxīn )
Crimean Tatar: saqt ol , muqayt ol
Czech: opatrný m
Danish: forsigtig
Dutch: voorzichtig (nl) , behoedzaam (nl) , omzichtig (nl) , prudent
Esperanto: zorga
Estonian: ettevaatlik tähelepanelik
Faroese: varin ansin varur hyggin gáin
Finnish: varovainen (fi)
French: prudent (fr) m prudente (fr) f
Georgian: ყურადღებიანი ( q̇uradɣebiani )
German: vorsichtig (de) , behutsam (de)
Greek: προσεκτικός (el) m ( prosektikós )
Gujarati: સાવધાન ( sāvdhān )
Hebrew: זהיר m ( zahyr ) , זהירה (he) f ( zehira )
Hindi: सावधान (hi) ( sāvdhān ) , सतर्क (hi) ( satark )
Hungarian: óvatos (hu)
Irish: aireach
Italian: prudente (it) , cauto (it)
Japanese: 思慮深い ( しりょぶかい, shoribukai )
Latin: curiosus cautus
Latvian: rūpīgs uzmanīgs
Lojban: kajde
Macedonian: внимателен ( vnimatelen )
Marathi: सावध ( sāvadh )
Neapolitan: accuorto
Old English: ċeariġ
Polish: ostrożny (pl) , ostrożna f ostrożne n
Portuguese: cauteloso (pt) m cautelosa (pt) f cuidadoso (pt) m cuidadosa f prudente (pt) m
Romanian: precaut (ro) m prudent (ro) m atent (ro) , îngrijit (ro) , grijuliu (ro)
Russian: осторо́жный (ru) ( ostoróžnyj ) , внима́тельный (ru) ( vnimátelʹnyj ) ( attentive ) , аккура́тный (ru) ( akkurátnyj )
Sanskrit: सावधान (sa) ( sāvdhāna ) , सतर्क (sa) ( satarka )
Scottish Gaelic: cùramach
Serbo-Croatian: ȍprēzan (sh) , о̏пре̄зан
Spanish: cauto (es) , cuidadoso (es)
Swedish: försiktig (sv)
Tagalog: maingat
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Urdu: ساودھان ( sāvdhān ) , سترک ( satark )
meticulous
Japanese: 注意深い (ja) ( ちゅういぶかい, chūibukai )
Korean: 주의깊은 ( juuigipeun )
Latin: meticulosus
Latvian: rūpīgs uzmanīgs
Norman: souongneux
Polish: drobiazgowy (pl)
Portuguese: cuidadoso (pt) m cuidadosa f meticuloso (pt) m meticulosa f
Russian: тща́тельный (ru) ( tščátelʹnyj ) , аккура́тный (ru) ( akkurátnyj ) , стара́тельный (ru) ( starátelʹnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: cùramach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: брѝжљив бри̏жан по̀мњив
Roman: brìžljiv (sh) , brȉžan (sh) , pòmnjiv (sh)
Spanish: cuidadoso (es)
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