overcaution

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noun

Excessive caution.

“Near-synonym: overwarn”

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hypercautionoverwarn
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Meanings

nounovercaution (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive caution.

    Synonyms: hypercaution

verbovercaution (third-person singular simple present overcautions, present participle overcautioning, simple past and past participle overcautioned)

present singular third person overcautions · participle present overcautioning · participle past overcautioned · past overcautioned

  1. transitiveTo caution excessively.

    Near-synonym: overwarn

    1 more example

    Perhaps more importantly, his father was absent from home most of the time and his mother added to his timidity by overcautioning him against getting hurt.

    1966, Joy Paul Guilford, Ann Anastasi, Fields of Psychology, page 219

    Synonyms: overwarn

Synonyms & antonyms

nounExcessive caution.

Similar
hypercaution

verbTo caution excessively.

Similar
overwarn
Also see
hypercautionovercautiousness

Origin

From over- + caution.

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APA

overcaution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcaution

MLA

“overcaution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcaution. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcaution,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcaution.

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