| on your guard(expression, idiom, alert, attentive, watchful) |
| overcareful(adjective, restrained, hesitant, reserved, cautious) |
| overcautious(adjective, restrained, hesitant, reserved, cautious) |
| playing it cool(expression, adjective, cautious, judicious, tentative) |
| playing safe(expression, adjective, judicious, tentative) |
| politic(adjective, judicious, tentative) |
| provident(adjective, judicious, tentative) |
| prudent(adjective, restrained, hesitant, reserved, cautious) |
| pussyfoot(adjective, cautious, judicious, tentative, forethoughtful) |
| reserved(adjective, restrained, hesitant, cautious, suspicious) |
| restrained(adjective, hesitant, reserved, cautious, suspicious) |
| reticent(adjective, restrained, hesitant, reserved, cautious) |
| safe(adjective, restrained, hesitant, reserved, cautious) |
| shrewd(adjective, judicious, tentative) |
| taking it easy(expression, adjective, cautious, judicious, tentative) |
| taking it slow(expression, adjective, cautious, judicious, tentative) |
| tentative(adjective, judicious) |
| thinking twice(expression, adjective, cautious, judicious, tentative) |
| walking on eggs(expression, adjective, cautious, judicious, tentative) |
| watching out(expression, adjective, cautious, judicious, tentative) |