Synonyms of precautions

precautions

noun

plural of precaution

as in safeguards

a measure taken to preclude loss or injury

as parents of young children, they have taken the usual precaution of locking up their household cleansers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• safeguards
• preventives
• protections
• cautions
• fail-safes
• screens
• shields
• walls
• guards
• palladia
• wards
• armors
• covers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of precautions

Monks and nuns take more stringent precautions to avoid harming creatures, even accidentally. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026

Thirty years of collaboration seems to have freed her from some precautions. — Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

Taking reasonable precautions The upshot is that for most people, handling receipts is a pretty low-risk activity. — Sean McCann, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

That uncertainty is another reason to stay alert rather than wait for every answer before taking precautions. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Mayor Mamdani advised New Yorkers to take extra precautions this weekend as an approaching nor’easter threatens to inundate New York City with heavy rain and wind gusts. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Its owners neglected to take precautions by relocating children from low-lying cabins despite having monitored late-night flood warnings, Johnston wrote. — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

Although the two plants can look similar, poison hemlock is highly toxic if ingested and should not be handled without proper precautions. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026

This comes in addition to the Hugging Face breach, which sparked debate over wider AI safety precautions. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026