incaution

Questions about incaution

What does incaution mean?

incaution means "the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger".

How many syllables are in incaution?

incaution has 4 syllables and divides as in-ca-u-tion under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for incaution?

Close synonyms include incautiousness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of incaution?

The recorded antonyms are caution.

Is incaution a common word?

incaution is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.