Careful

Definition: Careful

Careful

Adjective

1. Exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior".

2. Cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice".

3. With care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed".

4. (archaic) full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41.

5. Mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "careful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Careful

Care

Verb: be careful; Adjective: reck; take care; (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind one's business.

Adjective: careful regardful, heedful; taking care; Verb: particular; prudent; (cautious); considerate; thoughtful; (deliberative); provident; (prepared); alert; (active); sure-footed.

Caution

Careful, heedful; cautelous, stealthy, chary, shy of, circumspect, prudent, discreet, politic; sure-footed; (skillful).

Economy

Adjective: economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing; parsimonious;.

Crosswords: Careful

Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

She ought to go careful. Everyone ought to go careful in a city like this (The Third Man; writing credit: Graham Greene; Alexander Korda)

Well done Bridge, 4 hours of careful cooking and a feast of blue soup, omelette and marmalade (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding)

Be careful with that (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman)

Would you be careful with this one (Mrs. Doubtfire; writing credit: Randi Mayem Singer)

She's careful not to slam the door (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall)

Each careful step along the byway, ("My Way"; performing artist: Frank Sinatra)

If you're not careful, (In France; performing artist: Frank Zappa)

So be careful with your heart and what you love (Peaceful World; performing artist: John Mellencamp; writing credit: John Mellencamp)

With your lovers ev'rywhere; just be careful, I'll be there (Seasons in the Sun; performing artist: Kingston Trio)

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Careful Thinker: Won't make a decision. (references; author: unknown)

Be bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for. (references; author: unknown)

If you want to be well-liked, never lie about yourself and be careful when telling the truth about others. (references; author: unknown)

Do Be Careful Boys (1965)

Soft Shoulders Careful (1942)

Lady Be Careful (1936)

Mr. Smith Be Careful (1935)

Careful Please (1926)

Be Careful (performing artist: Sparkle featuring R. Kelly)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Be Careful What You Pray For...You Just Might Get It (reference)

• Be Careful, Bob! (Bob the Builder) (reference)

• Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins: The Careful Writer's Guide to the Taboos, Bugbears, and Outmoded Rules of English Usage (reference)

• Oh, Be Careful Little Ears : Contemporary Christian Music (reference)

• The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Careful (reference)

• Careful, He Might Hear You (reference)

• The Best of Zagreb Film: Be Careful What You Wish For and The Classic Collection (reference)

• Careful Curiousity (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Be Careful How You Vote (reference)

• Be Careful What You Wish for (reference)

• Be Careful, It's My Heart (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A farmer washes his sprayer after application of herbicide. The farmer is careful to ware complete protection while working with the chemicals. Credit: Tim McCabe.

A farmer mixes herbicide prior to application. The farmer is careful to wear complete protection while using the chemicals. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Dune buggies can be great fun on Arizona public lands, but please be careful!. Credit: Beth Perault.

Careful inspection at school prevents epidemics of diphtheria, measles, etc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Under careful supervision, this Sudan schoolboy is treating his classmates' eyes for trachoma. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud..

Now Uncle, be careful!. Credit: Library of Congress.

I'd be careful how you handle that little fellow, Mr. Landis, he's doing a pretty good job ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Careful, pal! / KAL. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. 155mm shells. Careful inspection precedes the operations which form the noses of 155mm shells in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress.

Every knock a boost. A little careful hammer work pushes a big gun along toward completion in an eastern arsenal. The man shown is stamping the location line on a medium-caliber gun. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And unless they had done so, young societies could not have subsisted; without such nursing fathers tender and careful of the public weal, all governments would have sunk under the weakness and infirmities of their infancy, and the prince and the people had soon perished together. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The misfortune of your birth ought to make you particularly careful as to your associates

However, as the host passed backwards and forwards, he kept a careful eye on the traveller

You must choose the pure oil and you must be careful when you pour it in not to overflow it, not to pour in more than the funnel can hold

Madam, bethink you, like a careful mother, Of the young prince your son.

Wilson stood by his broken car, and Sairy had gone to the mattress to sit beside Granma, but Sairy was careful not to touch her.

In their marriages they are exactly careful to choose such colors as will not make any disagreeable mixture in the breed

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Careful surveillance of these patients is necessary. (references)

Careful hemostasis is essential and drains are rarely necessary. (references)

Lab workers have to be very careful when working with deadly viruses. (references)

Business

Exporters should be careful when extending credit. (references)

Through careful planning a traveler can often find even better deals. (references)

SPL changed its focus in the past year, to concentrate more on the used car market with careful risk management in place. (references)

Civil Liberties

Thailand

It advises broadcasters either verbally or by letter of specific programs deemed inappropriate or offensive, and advises the programmer to be more careful in the future. (references)

Uzbekistan

Foreign observers noted that the station was among the most independent in the country and interpreted the closing as a warning to other broadcasters to be careful of their content. (references)

Germany

Some national officials, the UNHCR, and domestic refugee support organizations have cautioned that the refugees' place of origin and ethnicity should be given careful consideration in the implementation of Kosovar returns. (references)

Economic History

Djibouti

When going into joint ventures, U.S. businesses should be careful. (references)

Brazil

As in other countries, the selection of an agent requires careful consideration. (references)

Romania

As already mentioned, finding good local partners is a matter of careful effort. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

In early August, Bakhtiar reportedly received a visit from officials from the procurator's investigative department who warned him to be careful about what he says. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Prisons reportedly generally meet internationally accepted standards and allegedly provide air-conditioned cells, good nutrition, regular exercise, and careful patrolling by prison guards. (references)

Guyana

Following widespread criticism caused by the detention in 1999 of two boys (ages 8 and 11) with adult prisoners who mistreated them, police have been careful to place juvenile offenders in a fairly adequate separate facility. (references)

Minorities

Russia

Authorities, journalists in the press, and the public have been quick to label Muslims or Muslim organizations "Wahhabists," a term that has become synonymous with "extremists." On March 11, NTV reported that the Mordovian State University had instituted a careful selection process intended to exclude potential "Wahhabis;" the university did not define the term. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

For now, the government appears confident that careful economic management is the best way to address the inflationary challenge. (references)

NIGERIA

While most Nigerian importers succeed in evading payment of the full tariffs, U.S. exporters who are careful to play by the rules report they are often disadvantaged and undercut by non-U.S. exporters who collaborate with Nigerian importers to avoid tariff payments, particularly on agricultural products. (references)

Political Rights

United Arab Emirates

At the same time, she emphasized her view that the eventual appointment of women to the FNC and other government positions would be "a responsibility rather than an honor," requiring careful prior preparation. (references)

Trade

Korea

Careful documentation and handling of samples are essential to minimize problems. (references)

Russia

This should be done with caution and only after careful evaluation and establishment of successful payments. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

Be careful in and around train stations and when boarding and exiting trams. (references)

Guatemala

Catalogs and technical literature should be provided in careful translations. (references)

Costa Rica

Travelers should be careful to use licensed taxis, which are red and have medallions painted on the side. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Careful

Careful

Expressions using "careful": be careful ♦ be careful not to ♦ be careful of ♦ be careful to ♦ be careful with ♦ being careful ♦ careful of ♦ careful with ♦ make a careful choice ♦ scrupulously careful ♦ washing requiring careful handling. Additional references.

Ending with "careful": over-careful.

Afrikaans

versigtig (cautious), sorgvuldig (tender). (various references)

Albanian

i vëmendshëm (attentive, considerate, heedful, observant, regardful), i matur (abstinent, calculating, canny, cautious, chary, chaste, circumlocutory, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, deliberate, discreet, forehanded, gingerly, judicious, moderate, provident, prudent, reasonable, sober, staid, thoughtful, wary, well advised, well balanced), i kursyer (abstemious, abstinent, cheap, close, economic, frugal, penurious, provident, skimpy, thrifty), i kujdesshëm (accurate, attentive, canny, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, considerate, deliberate, diligent, forethoughtful, forward-looking, grandmotherly, guarded, heedful, monitorial, observant, precise, thoughtful, up and coming, wary), dorështrënguar (avaricious, close-fisted, grasping, large handed, mean, mingy, miserly, muckworm, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, rapacious, saving, scrimp, skinflint, snippy, tight, tight-fisted). (various references)

Arabic 

‏يقظ (alert, awake, awoke, circumspect, jaunty, lively, mindful, napless, observant, on duty, open-eyed, prompt, springy, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide awake), ‏منتبه (advertent, attentive, heedful, mindful, observant), ‏مقتصد (chary, economical, frugal, provident, saving, scant, spare, sparing, thrifty), ‏محترس (alert, cagey, cautious, chary, circumspect, prudent, vigilant, wary), ‏متحفظ (aloof, aloofness, cautious, close, discreet, incommunicable, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, secretive, self contained, stand offish, taciturn, uncommunicative, wary), ‏معتن, ‏حذر (admonish, advise, alert, alertness, be careful, be wise, beware, cagey, calculating, calculation, canny, care, caution, cautious, cautiousness, chariness, chary, considerate, discreet, discreetness, discretion, exhort, fabian, forewarn, guard, guarded, guarding, heedful, leery, look behind, look out, lookout, mind, on the alert, on the lookout, prudence, prudent, safe, shy, shyness, sound an alarm, suspicious, take care, vigilance, vigilant, wariness, warn, wary, watch, wide awake), ‏شديد الحرص, ‏دقيق (accurate, close, delicate, elaborate, exact, express, farina, fine, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, meal, nearness, nice, painstaking, particular, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sharp, sound, specific, straightforward, strict, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious). (various references)

Bulgarian 

старателен (assiduous, painstaking, patient, studious, thorough), точен (accurate, correct, exact, express, faithful, just, literal, minute, narrow, near, perfect, pinpoint, precise, precision, proper, punctual, refined, right, rigorous, scientific, sensitive, straight, strict, true, unerring, veracious, well-directed), грижлив (attentive, fatherly, mindful, nice, regardful, solicitous, tender, thorough, thoughtful, tidy), внимателен (affable, alert, attentive, cautious, circumspect, considerate, delicate, guarded, heedful, intent, nice, precautious, scrupulous, thoughtful, ware, wary, watchful), предпазлив (cagey, canny, cautious, chary, circumspect, cosy, deliberate, deliberative, discreet, fabian, gingerly, guarded, open-eyed, precautious, prudent, sparing, ware, wary), практичен (applicable, applied, down to earth, hardheaded, practical, pragmatic, sensible, unromantic, working, worldly wise). (various references)

Chinese 

精細 (fine, meticulous), 細致 (meticulous), 細心 (attentive), 劼 (diligent, firm, to chew), 慎重 (cautious, prudent), 毖 (prevent), 小心 , 仔细, 仔細 (attentive, cautious), 廑 (hut), 周密 (thorough), 不苟 (conscientious, not casual, not lax). (various references)

Czech

opatrný (cagey, cagy, cannie, canny, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, gingerly, guarded, prudent, safe, shy, wary). (various references)

Danish

forsigtig (cautious). (various references)

Dutch

voorzichtig (carefully, cautious, gently, lightly, thoughtful), behoedzaam (cautious). (various references)

Esperanto

zorga (tender), singardema (cautious), singarda (cautious). (various references)

Farsi 

مواظب (Alert, Assiduous, Attendant, Attentive, Aware, Cautious, Heedful, Shy, Tooter, Watchful, Watchman), بیمناک (Tremulous, Umbrageous), بااحتیاط (Circumspect, Discreet, Prudish), بادقت (Attentive). (various references)

Finnish

varovainen (cautious, prudent, watchful), tarkka (accurate, close, detailed, economical, exact, keen, particular, precise, sharp, strict, sure), säästäväinen (chary, economical, sparing, thrifty), huolellinen (elaborate, neat), hellävarainen (considerate, gentle), arka (faint-hearted, sensitive, shy, sore, tender, timid, timorous). (various references)

French

prudent (calculating, canny, cautious). (various references)

Frisian

foarsichtich (cautious). (various references)

German

vorsichtig (cagey, canny, carefully, cautiouns, cautious, cautiously, charily, chary, circumspect, circumspectly, conservative, deliberate, gingerly, guarded, guardedly, prudent, safe, safely, steady, tentative, warily, wary), sorgfältig (carefull, carefully, elaboratively, jealously, meticulous, meticulously, painstaking, painstakingly, studious, studiously, studiousness, tender, thorough), sorgsam (carefully, jealously, studiously, tender), reiflich (thorough), besorgt (afraid, agitated, anxious, anxiously, apprehensive, concerned, distracted, fearful, fretful, jealous, provided, solicitous, solicituous, troubled, uneasy, worried), behutsam (cautions, cautiouns, cautious, delicate, gentle, gingerly). (various references)

Greek 

προσεκτικόσ (advertent, attentive, canny, cautious, chary, chary of, close, heedful, mindful, observing, painstaking, precautious, regardful, tactful, thoughtful, wakeful, wary, watchful), προσεκτικός (attentive, mindful, wary), επιμελήσ (assiduous, attentive, diligent, mindful, painstaking, sedulous, studious). (various references)

Hebrew 

זהיר (calculating, cautious, chary, discreet, guarded, mindful, prudent, vigilant, wary). (various references)

Hungarian

gondos (attentive, diligent, heedful, mindful, painstaking, regardful, searching, solicitous, tender, thoughtful, tidy), elõvigyázatos (cautious), óvatos (alert, be careful, cagey, cagy, cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, discreet, fabian, guarded, heedful, prudent, reserved, stealthy, wary). (various references)

Indonesian

cermat (accurate, neat, precise, scrupulous), berhati-hati (carefully, cautious, conscientious), awas (far sighted, watch out), agak-agak (vague idea). (various references)

Irish

aireach. (various references)

Italian

prudente (cautions, cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, deliberate, guardedly, politic, prudent, safe), accurato (accurate, clean, faithful, natty, nice, painstaking, painstakingly, particular, precise, sound, thorough, tidy, trim, true). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

丁寧 (care, close, courteous, kind, polite). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅうみつ (meticulous, scrupulous), しゅうとう (meticulous, scrupulous), しんぼう (atrium, axle, chamber of the heart, confidence, deeply laid plan, deliberate, endurance, patience, popularity, shaft, thoughtful), ねんいり (conscientious, scrupulous, thorough), しんりょ (deliberate, divine will, prudence, thoughtful, thoughtfulness), しんじん (belief, devotion, faith, godlike person, godliness, gods and men, mature, new face, newcomer, profound, true man), さいしん (discrete, enshrined deity, latest, newest, prudent, reexamination, retrial, review, scrupulous), にゅうねん (elaborate, scrupulous), めんみつ (detailed, minute, scrupulous, thorough), ていねい (care, close, conscientious, courteous, kind, polite, thorough), ちゅういぶかい. (various references)

Korean 

주의깊은 (heedful). (various references)

Manx

twoaieagh (apprehensive, aware, cautious, circumspect, northern person, northerner, northsider, on the look out, vigilant, wary), thortagh (circumspect, considerate), kiarailagh (careful in money, careful person, frugal, pinch-penny, provident, saver, saving), frioosagh (advertent, attentive, considerate, heedful, momentous, painstaker, thoughtful). (various references)

Norwegian

forsiktig (cautious, guardedly). (various references)

Pig Latin

arefulcay.(various references)

Portuguese

cuidadoso (accurate, attentive, chary, close, convinced, earnest, exact, gingerly, heedful, mature, meticulous, mindful, painstaking, regardful, safe, scrupulous, solicitous, thorough, tidy, tiptoe). (various references)

Romanian

conştiincios (conscientious, conscientiously, duteous, dutiful, scrupulous, scrupulously, thorough), scrupulos (conscientious, finical, nice, particular, punctilious, qualmish, queasy, religious, scrupulous, scrupulously, thorough), prudent (cautious, chary, deliberate, discreet, gingerly, heedful, prudent, safe, wary, well advised, wide awake), minuţios (close, elaborately, minute, painstaking, painstakingly, particular, precise, punctilious, searching, severe, thorough), migãlos (finical, niggling, painstaking, painstakingly, precise, scrupulous, scrupulously), grijuliu (advertent, attentive, cautious, chary, considerate, heedful, jealous, tender, thoughtful, wary), exact (accurate, accurately, by the square, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exact, exactly, faithful, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it), econom (bursar, economical, managing, parsimonious, provident, saving, sparing, thrifty, treasurer), atent (advertent, alert, amiable, attentive, attentively, carefully, close, closely, complaisant, considerate, courteous, curious, deliberately, delicate, heedful, intent, jealous, listening, mindfully, nice, observant, observantly, painstaking, regardful, searching, tender, watchful), atenţie (acuity, advertence, advertency, attention, be careful, care, carefulness, caution, closeness, complaisance, consideration, deliberation, have a care, heed, here goes, homage, interest, look out, lookout, mindfulness, note, notice, observance, regard, remark, stand by, thought, vigilance, watch), îngrijorat (alarmed, anxious, auxious, concerned, disquiet, restless, sorrowful, thoughtful, troubled), îngrijit (accurate, accurately, beautiful, clean, correct, groomed, neat, neatly, orderly, prim, tidy, trim, well groomed). (various references)

Russian 

старательный (diligent, painstaking, willing), тщательный (narrow, nice, painstaking, particular, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, thorough, thoroughgoing), внимательный (attentive, eye for detail, heedful, intent, mindful, nice observer, regardful, scrutinous, thoughtful), заботливый (heedful, jealous, mindful, regardful, solicitous, studious), бережный (cautious). (various references)

Scottish

dìcheallach (endeavouring). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

temeljan (basic, profound, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing), smotren (cautious), pažljiv (attentive, considerate, heedful, mindful, regardful, thoughtful), oprezan (alert, argus-eyed, chary, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, measured, vigilant, ware, wary, wide awake), obazriv (cautious, circumspect, forethoughtful, heedful, prudent, thoughtful), brižljiv (caring, heedful, painstaking). (various references)

Spanish

cuidadoso (chary, deft, gingerly, painstaking), prudente (advisable, cautious, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, politic, prudent, right-minded, safe, sound, thoughtful, wise). (various references)

Swedish

ordentlig (glorious, good, neat, orderly, proper, regular, Square, tidy), noggrann (accurate, close, exact, meticolous, meticulous, narrow, neat, nice, painstaking, particular, precisely, scholastic, scrupulous, selective, studious), försiktig (cagey, canny, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, deliberate, gingerly, guarded, mealy mouthed, tentative, wary), aktsam. (various references)

Turkish

tutumlu (canny, carefully, chary, frugal, provident, prudent, prudential, saving, sparing, thrifty), titiz (choosy, cleanly, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, exact, exacting, exigent, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, jealous, jealous of, meticulous, niggling, niminy-piminy, particular, peevish, pernickety, picky, rigorous, scrupulous, squeamish, touchy), tedbirli (advised, cagey, canny, cautious, circumspect, deliberate, deliberative, discreet, fabian, fail-proof, fail-safe, forethoughtful, guarded, politic, precautionary, prudent, prudential, tactical, wary, well advised), itinalı, idareli (chary, economical, frugal, sparing, thrifty), dikkatli (argus-eyed, assiduous, attentive, canny, cautious, circumspect, gingerly, heedful, intense, intent, mindful, particular, regardful, rigorous, scrupulous, sleepless, solicitous, studious, thoughtful, wary, watchful), düşünen (considering, deliberative, regardful, thinking), özenli (assiduous, attentive, elaborate, heedful, jealous, painstaking, regardful, scrupulous, thoughtful), ölçülü (conservative, continent, demure, dimensional, level, measurable, measured, mensurable, moderate, restrained, size, sized, sober, sober minded, temperate). (various references)

Turkmen 

usully, seresap, дtiяaзly (cautious). (various references)

Ukrainian

старанний (affectionate, assiduous, diligent, duteous, operose, painstaking, particular, scholarly, searching, sedulous, studious, willing), уважний (attent, attentive, considerate, heedful, mindful, nice, observant, observative, observing, ponderate, thoughtful, watchful), скупуватий, ретельний (affectionate, assiduous, diligent, dutiful, elaborate, meticulous, narrow, nice, observant, prompt, rigorous, severe, thorough), точний (accurate, austere, business-like, clean-cut, clockwork, definite, definitive, exact, explicit, mathematical, nice, perfect, pointed, positive, precise, punctual, rigorous, specific, strict, trustworthy, truthful, unerring), обережний (alert, canny, cautionary, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, fabian, gingerly, heedful, precautious, tender, up and coming, ware, wary, watchful), обачний (awake, canny, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, fly, guarded, hard-headed, provident, prudent, wary, wise), акуратний (natty, neat, orderly, shipshape, snug, spry), дбайливий (attentive, considerate, diligent, heedful, mindful, regardful, respective, solicitous). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chu đáo (attentive, conscientious, considerate), cẩn thận (canny, cautious, closely, conscientious, religious, tender, wary), thận trọng (advisedly, box, calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, guarded, politic, prudent, prudential, tender, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide awake), biết lưu ý kỹ lưỡng, biết giữ gìn. (various references)

Welsh

gofalus (cautious). (various references)

cautus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "careful": carefuller, carefullest, carefully, carefulness, carefulnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "careful": overcareful, ultracareful. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Careful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bardful, Caerfai, Caranfil, caraque, carefull, carefuly, carfeul, carreau, caseful, caveful, cearful, cinefilm, cropful, garefowl, pageful. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: carful, earful, fecula, ferula, fulcra.

-2 letters: carle, clear, cruel, facer, farce, farle, fecal, feral, feuar, flare, lacer, lucre, ulcer, ureal.

-3 letters: acre, alec, alef, cafe, calf, care, carl, caul, clef, clue, cure, curf, curl, earl, ecru, face, fare, farl, feal, fear, flea, flue, frae, fuel, furl, lace, leaf, lear, luce, lure, race, rale.

+1 letter: furculae, graceful.

+2 letters: carefully.

+3 letters: carefuller, gracefully, luciferase, superflack, ultrafiche, ungraceful.

+4 letters: calciferous, carefullest, carefulness, cauliflower, centrifugal, disgraceful, fraudulence, gracefuller, lactiferous, luciferases, overcareful, peacefuller, prefectural, reproachful, superficial, superflacks, ultrafiches, unclarified.

+5 letters: cauliflowers, centrifugals, characterful, fluidextract, fraudulences, gracefullest, gracefulness, interfaculty, sprachgefuhl, ultracareful, ungracefully.