Synonym of watching one's step

cautious careful alert chary circumspect guarded heedful wary cagey prudent vigilant watchful apprehensive measured reserved reticent attentive aware conservative considerate discreet gingerly hesitant judicious leery mindful provident safe tentative calculating discriminating forethoughtful observant politic precautious restrained scrupulous shrewd suspecting suspicious thoughtful on guard on your toes all ears on the lookout on the watch thinking twice watching out with reservations playing safe taking it slow with eyes peeled belt-and-braces keeping on one's toes hedging your bets keeping a weather eye on walking on eggs walking on egg shells handling with kid gloves on the qui vive canny on the alert wide-awake wide awake awake regardful moderate fastidious deliberate punctilious tactful conscientious on one's toes ready prepared tentie tenty reasonable thorough timid softly-softly meticulous reluctant Argus-eyed open-eyed particular diplomatic on the ball on the job methodical sagacious finicky wise noncommittal controlled paying attention unhurried not missing a trick painstaking temperate perceptive accurate fussy precise concerned strict diligent delicate exact keen rigorous defensive non-committal eagle-eyed keen-eyed laborious perfectionist sharp exacting unenterprising sensible correct on tiptoe picky persnickety nice discerning distrustful hawk-eyed sharp-eyed gimlet-eyed beady-eyed shy conscious keeping one's eyes peeled gradual keeping a weather eye on things unadventurous considered protective assiduous balanced sedulous exhaustive orderly industrious agog anxious concentrating acute faithful dedicated full intensive solid religious prim searching elaborate thoroughgoing wired selfdisciplined pernickety loving strenuous in-depth with weather eye open looking to by the book on alert looking for by the numbers going to great lengths fast on the draw waiting on with eyes like a hawk gentle calm squeamish dainty sensitive patient secretive sage vague unrevealing overcareful overcautious watching evasive elusive tight-lipped taking notice playing your cards close to your chest forehanded forearmed farsighted uneasy equivocal wakeful with one's eyes open keeping one's eyes skinned hooked glued unsleeping hip low loath sceptical dubious mistrustful doubtful intelligent with one's eyes skinned afraid nervous averse disinclined psyched up keeping a weather eye open switched on keeping one's eyes open iffy inhibited constrained skeptical timorous traditional unimaginative unexciting conventional strategic unexaggerated understated judgmatic judgmatical civil detailed uncreative straight boring strait-laced narrow-minded square stay-at-home stuffy limited self-protective expectant worldly-wise slow microscopic kid-glove stick-in-the-mud uptight studious demanding having foresight on lookout not rash pedantic active conscionable stickling nitpicking duteous punctual perky quick levelheaded rational logical pragmatic deep reasoned white-glove dotting the i's ultra-careful crossing the t's nit-picky continuous upon one's guard mature unspectacular fully awake heads up wide-eyed bright-eyed and bushy-tailed sober steady well thought-out well-grounded ongoing continuing plodding even tolerant modest regular happening slowly mild easy lenient disciplined peaceable abstinent slow but sure cognizant not given to excesses compromising untroubled not excessive conversant witting sentient knowledgeable ware knowing observing respectful solicitous observative au courant alive to on to awake to conscious of plugged in chary of in the know wary of cognizant of acquainted with tuned in regardful of recognizant of be up on know ins and outs aware of careful of watchful of know all the answers wise to hip to sensible of alert to heedful of

watching one's weight watching out watching out for watching over watching paint dry watchings watching one's calories watching like a hawk watching grass grow watching from a distance watching for watching closely