cautionary

cautionary is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.
2. adjective. Given as a pledge or as security.
3. adjective. Wary; cautious.
4. adjective. serving to warn

   "shook a monitory finger at him"

   "an exemplary jail sentence"

   Synonyms: admonitory, exemplary, monitory, warning

5. adjective. warding off- Victor Schultze

   "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"

   Synonyms: prophylactic

Synonyms

admonitory, exemplary, monitory, warning, prophylactic

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cautionary:

auctionary

Common word forms

cautionaries

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