cautioning
Issuing a warning
Cautioning is the act of warning someone about potential danger or advising them to be careful.
A parent cautioning a child about strangers, a doctor cautioning a patient about side effects, a sign cautioning drivers about icy roads.
In British legal contexts, cautioning refers specifically to police formally warning someone without bringing charges: He was let off with a cautioning.
Alert about danger
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- counselExpert guidance offered
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- recommendationAdvised course of action
admonition · forewarning · informing · alerting · notifying · urging · suggesting · reminding
Exercising caution and attention
- judiciousHaving sound assessment skills
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- circumspectCarefully considering consequences
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
deliberate · restrained · temperate · moderate · conservative · guarded · reserved · calculated
Carefully attentive, observant
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- attentivePaying close notice
- heedfulPaying close attention
- observantNoticing things readily
mindful · wary · on-guard · suspicious · scrutinizing · monitoring · surveilling · checking
Preventing harm or loss
- protectiveServing to guard
- anticipatoryFeeling or showing expectation
- proactiveActing before problems arise
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
shielding · preemptive · deterring · forestalling · averting · foresight · preparedness · mitigation
warning
Alert about danger
recommendation · admonition · forewarning · informing · alerting · notifying · urging · suggesting · reminding · instructing
careful
Exercising caution and attention
- judiciousHaving sound assessment skills
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- circumspectCarefully considering consequences
measured · deliberate · restrained · temperate · moderate · conservative · guarded · reserved · calculated · risk-averse
watchful
Carefully attentive, observant
observant · mindful · wary · on-guard · suspicious · scrutinizing · monitoring · surveilling · checking · double-checking
safeguarding
Preventing harm or loss
- protectiveServing to guard
- anticipatoryFeeling or showing expectation
- proactiveActing before problems arise
defensive · shielding · preemptive · deterring · forestalling · averting · foresight · preparedness · mitigation
alarm
Urgent warning signal
flashing · flare · signal · indicator · sign · marker · placard · notice · announcement · broadcast
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- adviceadvice, advise, tips, counsel, guidance
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- guidingadvising, directing, guiding, instructing, leading
- preachingsermonizing, homiletics, altar call, scripture reading, closing prayer
cautioningencouraging
Giving confidence or hope
urging · approving · endorsing · promoting · cheering on
cautioningreassuring
Restoring calm or confidence
comforting · calming · soothing · assuaging · promising
caution, cautious, precaution, cautiously, incautious, cautioned, cautions, cautionary, precautions