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[ US /ˈkɔʃəs/ ]
[ UK /kˈɔːʃəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. showing careful forethought
    a cautious driver
    reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions
  2. avoiding excess
    a conservative estimate
NOUN
  1. people who are fearful and cautious
    whitewater rafting is not for the timid

How To Use cautious In A Sentence

  • Buyers are a good deal more cautious, and sellers have to adopt a less bullish approach. Times, Sunday Times
  • Gervinho might prove to be another classic Arsène Wenger bargain, an athletic and pacy ball player raring to step up a level, spirited over from France for a fee that doesn't make a certain manager with a well-documented devotion to cautious housekeeping choke as if he was asked to fix the Greek economy before breakfast. Premier League preview No1: Arsenal | Amy Lawrence
  • She was cautious, but Feinstein finds no trace of dishonour in the care she took to keep herself alive and free through successive waves of revolution and purgation.
  • Indeed, since entering 2011, I have been cautious; and except for the 14-point, first day of the year "yippee" to 1273, the SPX hasn't really done all that much. Jeffrey Saut: Waiting for a Pullback - Seeking Alpha
  • She advanced on herself cautiously but with dignity, turning round before her turning image.
  • The world's largest maker of computer security software forecast second-quarter sales and profit that missed analysts 'estimates, citing weakness in the euro and "cautiousness" among customers. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
  • It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously.
  • First, investors have moved back into equities from their previously cautious positions in less risky bonds. Times, Sunday Times
  • And workers 'wages barely budged, meaning consumers will probably stay somewhat cautious in the months ahead. Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
  • In the testing field, Guo Jingjing did not have in athletic field fierceness, opens cautiously.
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