Usually means: Warning to prevent harm, danger.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word Cautionary:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. cautionary: Merriam-Webster
  2. cautionary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cautionary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cautionary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cautionary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cautionary, cautionary: Wordnik
  7. cautionary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cautionary: Wiktionary
  9. cautionary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cautionary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cautionary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cautionary, cautionary: Dictionary.com
  13. Cautionary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. cautionary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. cautionary: Rhymezone
  16. Cautionary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. cautionary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. cautionary: FreeDictionary.org
  19. cautionary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. cautionary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. cautionary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cautionary: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cautionary: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cautionary)

▸ adjective:  Serving to caution or warn; admonitory
▸ adjective:  Serving to ward off; preventive
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Held as security or hostage

Similar:
monitory, admonitory, warning, exemplary, dissuasive, preventive, protective, prophylactic, cautional, admonitional, more...

Opposite:
reckless, reckless disregard, heedless

Types:
warning, caution, advisory, recommendation, prohibition, interdiction, proscription, interdict, more...

Phrases:
cautionary tale, cautionary tales, cautionary block, The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco, cautionary example, more...

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Similar:
monitory, admonitory, warning, exemplary, dissuasive, preventive, protective, prophylactic, cautional, admonitional, more...

Opposite:
reckless, reckless disregard, heedless

Types:
warning, caution, advisory, recommendation, prohibition, interdiction, proscription, interdict, more...

Phrases:
cautionary tale, cautionary tales, cautionary block, The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco, cautionary example, more...

Colors:
    yellow,     orange,     red,     amber,     neon yellow, more...



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