precautionary

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.

   The port cities were quarantined as a precautionary measure, though no cases of the disease had been found.

2. noun A precaution.

Similar words

precautional preventative preventive precautious caution cautionary wary careful warning circumspect

Often followed by

measures principle measure approach and steps motive demand action saving

Word family

precaution precautions