ETYM AS. cearful.
1. Cautiously attentive; SYN. heedful.
2. Exercising caution or showing care or attention.
3. (Archaic) Full of cares or anxiety.
4. Mindful of the future in spending money; SYN. thrifty.
5. With care and dignity; SYN. deliberate, measured.

ETYM Cf. Latin cautus, from caver. Related to Caution.
1. Showing careful forethought.
2. Unwilling to take risks.
3. Careful in attitude and careful in actions; prudent.
4. Avoiding excess; SYN. conservative.

Able to see distant objects clearly. far-sighted, far sighted

ETYM Latin prudens, -entis, contr. from providens: cf. French prudent. Related to Provident.
1. Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment.
2. Showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence.

1. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
2. Of the gray-green color of sage leaves; SYN. sage-green.

ETYM Latin sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to taste, to have sense, to know. Related to Sage.
Wise; sage; discerning.
Wise; pretending to be wise.

(Homonym: wherry).
Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence.