# cautious

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- **Part of speech:** adjective
- **Pronunciation:** /ˈkɔːʃəs/
- **English:** careful to avoid danger or mistakes
- **Persian:** محتاط

## Example

> Be cautious when you drive in the fog.
> هنگام رانندگی در مه محتاط باش.

## Word forms

- noun: caution
- adverb: cautiously

## Synonyms

careful, wary

## Opposites

reckless

## Common phrases

- cautious approach
- be cautious
- cautiously optimistic

## Related words

- [careful](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/careful): thinking about what you do so that you avoid mistakes or danger (A2)
- [adequate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/adequate): enough in quantity or good enough in quality (B2)
- [capable](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/capable): having the ability to do something (B2)
- [complex](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/complex): made of many parts and difficult to understand (B2)
- [flexible](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/flexible): able to change or be changed easily to suit new conditions (B2)
- [genuine](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/genuine): real and true, not false or pretended (B2)
- [reliable](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/reliable): able to be trusted to do what is expected (B2)
- [significant](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/significant): large or important enough to be noticed (B2)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/cautious