Main Entry: |
chary
[chair-ee]
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Part of Speech: | adjective |
Definition: | careful, cautious |
Synonyms: | cagey, calculating, canny, circumspect, considerate, constrained, discreet, economical, fastidious, frugal, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, inhibited, leery, loath, miserly, particular, prudent, reluctant, restrained, safe, scrupulous, sparing, stingy, suspicious, thrifty, uneasy, wary, watchful |
Antonyms: | careless, hasty, heedless, incautious, rash, uncareful, willing |
Main Entry: | calculating |
Part of Speech: | adjective |
Definition: | scheming to manipulate |
Synonyms: | Machiavellian, artful, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, contriving, crafty, cunning, designing, devious, discreet, gingerly, guarded, guileful, intelligent, manipulative, politic, premeditating, safe, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, wary, wily |
Antonyms: | artless, naive, unassuming, uncalculating |
Main Entry: | careful |
Part of Speech: | adjective |
Definition: | cautious; painstaking |
Synonyms: | accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, going to great lengths, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular, playing safe, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, selfdisciplined, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary |
Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, uncareful, unconcerned, unscrupulous |