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cautionary
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As an adjective, cautionary means serving to caution or warn.
Meanings of cautionary
4 meaningsadjective
Serving to caution or warn; admonitory
Serving to ward off; preventive
Warding off
“the swastika … a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples”
Similar: prophylactic
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteHeld as security or hostage
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: warding off
adjective: serving to warn
Words that rhyme with cautionary
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