1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Incautious

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not cautious; rash.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not cautious; unwary; not circumspect; heedless.

Synonyms Indiscreet, imprudent, impolitic, uncircumspect, inconsiderate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. lacking in caution

adj. carelessly failing to exercise proper caution

Word Usage

"Well, I also have studied anthropological questions in my time; and I feel bound to remark, that this assertion of Professor Virchow's appears to me to be a typical example of the kind of incautious over-statement which he so justly reprehends."

Equivalent

brainish hotheaded impulsive madcap tearaway

Form

incautiously

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

careless imprudent thoughtless indiscreet impolitic

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

imprudent indiscreet disrespectful unwary unbecoming