Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Popular Searches
Writing skills test
Sample writing tests
Practice writing tes...
Writing test questio...
Free writing skills ...
Writing proficiency ...
Writing test items
Georgia high school ...
Nearby Words
overcapitali'sa...
overcapitali'za...
overcapitalisat...
overcapitalise
overcapitalize
overcaptious
overcare
overcareful
overcareless
overcarking
overcarry
overcast
overcasual
overcasuistic
overcasuistical
overcatch
overcaustic
overcaustically
overcausticity
overcaution
overcautious
overcensor
overcensorious
overcentralize
overcerebral
overcertify
overchafe
overchange
overcharge
overcharitable
overcharitably
overcharity
overcheap
overcheck
overcherish
overchildish
overchill
overcircumspect
overcircumspect...
overcivil
overcivility
overcautious
[
oh
-ver-
kaw
-sh
uh
s
]
o·ver·cau·tious
/
ˈoʊ
vərˈkɔ
ʃəs
/
Show Spelled
[
oh
-ver-
kaw
-sh
uh
s
]
Show IPA
adjective
excessively or unnecessarily
cautious
:
Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
Origin:
1700–10;
over-
+
cautious
Related forms
o·ver·cau·tious·ly,
adverb
o·ver·cau·tious·ness,
noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
overcautious
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Overcautious
is always a great word to know.
So is
ninnyhammer
. Does it mean:
So is
flibbertigibbet
. Does it mean:
So is
doohickey
. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
WordNet
overcautious
adjective
unnecessarily cautious; "sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business"
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Overcautious
People who can define
Overcautious
may know
12,513
words.
How many words do you know?
Use Dictionary.com faster without ads >>
Quote Of The Day
"If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be "To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, one's own writings in translation.""
-Vladimir Nabokov
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT