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

Unlike Hamas, which deliberately targets Israeli civilians, the IDF takes all feasible precautions to mitigate harm to civilians and operates under a structured targeting framework designed to ensure the identification of lawful military objectives. — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Like several other witnesses so far in the trial, Holmes testified that Farwell was critical of COVID pandemic precautions, including masks. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Car owners in flood-prone areas should take precautions ahead of time, such as moving vehicles to higher ground before a storm, Durham said. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

The World Health Organization has noted that plague has a high fatality rate, but is also easily treated with antibiotics and the use of precautions to prevent infections. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Those precautions meant that a name appearing to favor one merger partner over the other would also be a potential problem. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

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