Word Meanings - INCAUTIOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark. You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. Francis.

Additional info about word: INCAUTIOUS

Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark. You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. Francis. His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate any incautious reader. Keill. Syn. -- Unwary; indiscreet; inconsiderate; imprudent; impolitic; careless; heedless; thoughtless. -- In*cau"tious*ly, adv. -- In*cau"tious*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INCAUTIOUS)

• Rash
• Headstrong
• audacious
• hasty
• precipitate
• reckless
• foolhardy
• careless
• adventurous
• thoughtless
• indiscreet
• venturesome
• overventuresome
• incautious
• unwary
• heedless
• Reckless
• Careless
• rash
• regardless
• inconsiderate
• improvident

Related words: (words related to INCAUTIOUS)

• PRECIPITATELY
  In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.
• FOOLHARDY
  Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
• CARELESSLY
  In a careless manner.
• VENTURESOME
  Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.
• UNWARY
  1. Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless. 2. Unexpected; unforeseen; unware. Spenser.
• HEADSTRONG
  1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
• INCAUTIOUS
  Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark. You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. Francis.
• THOUGHTLESS
  1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly,
• ADVENTUROUSNESS
  The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.
• IMPROVIDENTLY
  In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton.
• HEADSTRONGNESS
  Obstinacy. Gayton.
• INDISCREET
  Not discreet; wanting in discretion. So drunken, and so indiscreet an officer. Shak. Syn. -- Imprudent; injudicious; inconsiderate; rash; hasty; incautious; heedless; undiscerning; foolish. -- In`dis*creet"ly, adv. -- In`dis*creet"ness, n. (more
• INCONSIDERATE
  1. Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct. It is a very unhappy token of
• RECKLESS
  1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. Chaucer. 2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. It made the king as reckless as them diligent. Sir P. Sidney. Syn. -- Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent;
• AUDACIOUSNESS
  The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.
• INCONSIDERATENESS
  The quality or state of being inconsiderate. Tillotson.
• AUDACIOUSLY
  In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.
• REGARDLESS
  1. Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity. Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat. Milton. 2. Not regarded; slighted. Spectator. Syn. -- Heedless; negligent; careless; indifferent; unconcerned;
• AUDACIOUS
  found), fr. L. audacia audacity, fr. audax, -acis, bold, fr. audere 1. Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. Milton. 2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness;
• IMPROVIDENTIALLY
  Improvidently.
• OVERHASTY
  Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- O"ver*has"ti*ly, adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n.
• ADVENTURESOME
  Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. -- Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.