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care, carefulness, circumspection, heedfulness; also attentiveness, vigilance, watchfulness; foresight, foresightedness, providence; calculation, canniness, deliberateness, deliberation, shrewdness

Antonyms

carelessness, heedlessness, recklessness

[3] flash, marvel, miracle, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, sensation, wonder—more at WONDER

2caution verb : to advise caution to

Synonyms

alert, forewarn, warn—more at WARN

cau·tion·ary adjective : having the characteristics of or serving as a caution

Synonyms

warning; also didactic, moralistic, moralizing; advisory, counseling (or counselling); punishing, punitive

cau·tious adjective : marked by or given to caution : CAREFUL

— cau·tious·ly adverb

Synonyms

alert, careful, circumspect, considerate, gingerly, guarded, heedful, safe, wary—more at CAREFUL

cau·tious·ness noun : the quality or state of being cautious

cav abbreviation 1 cavalry

2 cavity

cav·al·cade noun 1 a : a procession of riders or carriages

b : a procession of vehicles

2 : a dramatic sequence or procession

Synonyms

armada, caravan, fleet, line, motorcade, train—more at FLEET

1cavalier noun [ORIGIN: MF, fr. It cavaliere, fr. Old Occitan cavalier, fr. LL caballarius horseman, fr. L caballus horse]

1 : a mounted soldier : KNIGHT

2 cap : an adherent of Charles I of England

3 : a man who is esp. attentive to women : GALLANT

2cavalier adjective 1 : DEBONAIR

2 : marked by or given to offhand dismissal of important matters

3 : marked by lofty disregard of others' interests or feelings : HAUGHTY

— cav·a·lier·ly adverb

Synonyms

[2, 3] arrogant, haughty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, supercilious, superior, uppity—more at ARROGANT

cav·al·ry noun, plural -ries : troops mounted on horseback or moving in motor vehicles

— cav·al·ry·man noun

1cave noun : a natural underground chamber open to the surface

Synonyms

grotto; also abyss, chasm, gulf, hollow; subway, tunnel; excavation, mine, pit, shaft, well; bunker, dugout, foxhole; burrow, covert, den, hole, lair, lodge, shelter

2cave verb caved; cav·ing 1 : to collapse or cause to collapse — usu. used with in

2 : to cease to resist : SUBMIT — usu. used with in

Synonyms usually cave in

collapse, crumple, give, go, yield—more at COLLAPSE

ca·ve·at noun [ORIGIN: L, let him beware]

: WARNING

caveat emp·tor noun [ORIGIN: NL, let the buyer beware]

: a principle in commerce: without a warranty the buyer takes a risk

cave–in noun 1 : the action of caving in

2 : a place where earth has caved in

cave·man noun 1 : a cave dweller esp. of the Stone Age

2 : a man who acts in a rough or crude manner

cav·ern noun : a natural underground chamber or series of chambers open to the surface : CAVE; especially : one of large or unknown size

— cav·ern·ous adjective

— cav·ern·ous·ly adverb

cav·i·ar also cav·i·are noun : the salted roe of a large fish (as sturgeon) used as an appetizer

cav·il verb -iled or -illed; -il·ing or -il·ling : to make frivolous objections or raise trivial objections to

— cavil noun

Synonyms

carp, fuss, quibble—more at QUIBBLE

cav·il·er or cav·il·ler noun : a person who complains and criticizes for trivial reasons

Synonyms

carper, castigator, censurer, critic, faultfinder, nitpicker, railer, scold—more at CRITIC

cav·ing noun : the sport of exploring caves : SPELUNKING

cav·i·ta·tion noun : the formation of partial vacuums in a liquid by a swiftly moving solid body (as a propeller) or by high-intensity sound waves

cav·i·ty noun, plural -ties 1 : an unfilled space within a mass : a hollow place

2 : an area of decay in a tooth

Synonyms

concavity, dent, depression, hole, hollow, indentation, pit, recess—more at HOLE

ca·vort verb : to bound, prance, or frisk about : CAPER

Synonyms

caper, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, sport—more at FROLIC

ca·vy noun, plural cavies : GUINEA