cautious

caution (“from Latin cautus”) +‎ -ous

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːʃəs

cautious (comparative more cautious, superlative most cautious)

1. Using or exercising caution; careful; tentative

   He took a few cautious steps toward the cave.

• See also Thesaurus:cautious

• careless, incautious, neglecting, uncautious

• cautious at OneLook Dictionary Search
• cautious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “cautious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.