Reverse Dictionary: CAUTION

ADJECTIVES
..900 ► WARELY cautious, circumspect, prudent → obs.
1000 ► WARE cautious, alert, vigilant, prepared, on one’s guard, watchful, → arch.
1300 ► ADVISY cautious, wary, heedful; well-advised; circumspect → obs.
1300 ► ON WARE cautious, on one’s guard → obs.
1475 ► ADVISED cautious, wary, judicious → obs.
1526 ► FEARFUL cautious, wary → obs.
1548 ► HEEDY cautious, wary, heedful, careful, attentive → obs.
1548 ► WAREFUL cautious, watchful → obs.
1574 ► CAUTELOUS cautious, wary, heedful, prudent → obs.
1592 ► TICKLISH needing cautious handling or action; liable to end in disaster unless treated with great care; delicate, critical, precarious, risky, hazardous 
1628 ► WARISOME cautious or careful → obs.
1637 ► CANNY cautious, wary; knowing, sagacious, judicious, prudent → Sc.
1645 ► PRECAUTIOUS cautious, careful, provident 
1662 ► SICKER cautious, wary; prudent, careful, esp. with regard to money matters → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1685 ► TENTY cautious, watchful; careful, heedful, attentive → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1718 ► LEARY → LEERY cautious, wary; cunning, astute, knowing, artful; wide-awake; alert → sl.
1785 ► CANNY cautious or careful in motion or action → Sc.
1804 ► VERTIE cautious, careful, prudent; industrious, wide-awake, eager; attentive to business → Sc. obs.
1816 ► CANNY cautious in worldly matters, worldly-wise, shrewd, having a constant eye to the main chance → Sc.
1850 ► SOFTLY-SOFTLY cautious, gradual, and discreet 
1893 ► CAGEY → CAGY cautious, wary → orig. US
1934 ► CAT-EYED cautious → US Western sl.
1956 ► HINKEY → HINKY extremely cautious, wary; feeling suspicion → Amer. sl.

ADVERBS
..897 ► WARELY cautiously, watchfully, circumspectly; prudently → obs.
1586 ► FEARFULLY cautiously, with hesitation; anxiously; in a state of apprehension or uneasiness → obs.
1636 ► CANNILY cautiously, slyly; sagaciously, skilfully, prudently → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1785 ► TENTY cautiously, carefully, attentively → Sc.
1874 ► TENTILY cautiously, carefully, heedfully → Sc.
1990 ► LAIRILY cautiously → sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
1660 ► HE WOULD LIVE EVEN IN A GRAVEL PIT used of a cautious, niggardly person → chiefly rural usage
1825 ► STEADY! → STEADY ON! → STEADY THERE! used to advocate caution and/or restraint 

NOUNS
..971 ► WARENESS cautiousness, vigilance → obs.
1000 ► WARELINESS caution, carefulness → obs.
1548 ► WAREFULNESS caution, carefulness → obs.
1607 ► WARISOMENESS caution, carefulness → obs.
1611 ► TAKE-HEED caution, a taking heed; a warning to take heed, a caution → obs.
1662 ► CANNINESS cautiousness; prudence, sagacity, skilfulness,; gentleness, quietness → Sc.
1860 ► THE SLOWS chronic caution and slowness → US Civil War usage

NOUNS, PERSON
1945 ► AUNT BETTIE an overly cautious person → US sl.
1951 ► RABBIT a cautious, nervous, timid person → US sl.
1951 ► SANNIE SICCAR-SOLES a very cautious, rather tight-fisted person → US sl.
1992 ► BIG EYE an especially cautious, observant person → sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1300 ► WAIT to be cautious or watchful; to take precautions → obs.
1529 ► BEAR A BRAIN to be cautious, thoughtful, or intelligent; to be able to think; to remember → obs.
1825 ► HAVE HAIR ON ONE’S HEAD to be cautious, clever, or wise → Sc.
1891 ► TIP OFF to caution beforehand; to warn of impending danger or trouble → colloq.
1892 ► CALL CANNY to proceed cautiously, to go gently → Sc.
1892 ► READ to be cautious, to beware → Sc.
1894 ► AVISE to caution, to warn; to inform → Eng. dial.
20C.. ► PULL IN ONE’S EARS to be cautious; to watch out for oneself → Amer. sl.
1913 ► HOLD CLOSE TO THE WILLOWS to act cautiously and conservatively; to be conventional, conservative, or modest → Amer. dial.
1968 ► PLAY CAGEY-CANNON to be cautious or ‘cagey’ → Ireland
1983 ► SNURGLE to advance with caution; to craw forward → UK sl.