Wary

/ˈwɛə.ɹi/

Synonyms for "wary" (159 found)

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Closest matches (32)

acute afraid agnostic alertall earsall eyesanxious arch argus-eyed artful astuteaux aguetscagey calculating canny careful cautious chary circumspect

Noun(3 words)

be carefulcareful decisioncautious claim

Adjective(7 words)

cagier carefulcareful energy data valuescautiouscautious approachcharier chariest

Adjective(3 words)

careful cautious chary

Strong matches (48)

clever conservative considerate crafty cunning custodial cute deceitful deep deep-laid delicate designing diplomatic discreetdisinclined to believedisposed to doubtdistrustful doubtful doubting dubious

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eagle-eyed feline foxyfrom missourifrugal gingerly guarded guilefulhard of beliefhawk eyedhawk-eyedimpervious to persuasionin doubtinconvincible incredulous ingenious insidious inventive keen-eyed knowing

Adjective(5 words)

decreased trustdiscerning doubtful leerier leeriest

Verb(1 words)

demurring

Adjective(1 words)

guarded

Noun(1 words)

leary

Related words (79)

leery lidless machiavellian machiavellic mistrustful mistrusting noncommittal observanton guardon the lookouton the watchopen eyedopen-eyed pawky politic provident prudent pyrrhonic questioning ready

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reluctant resourceful safe saving scheming scotch scrupulous serpentine sharpsharp eyedsharp-eyed shifty shrewd shyshy of beliefskeptical sleepless slick slippery sly smooth snaky sneaky sophistical sparing stealthy strategic subtile subtle supple suspecting suspicious tactical thoughtful thrifty trickish tricksy tricky uncertain unconvincible uncredulous unpersuadable unpersuasible untrusting unwastefulunwilling to acceptvigilant vulpine watchful wilywith open eyes

Adjective(7 words)

leery mistrustful skeptical suspicious untrusting vigilant watchful

Noun(1 words)

shying

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

cautiousnesscritical attitudeevaluative stanceguardedness

More specific

6 entries

circumspect cynical distrustful suspicious vigilant watchful

Collocations

5 entries

wary attitudewary demeanorwary expressionwary gazewary look

Inflections

2 entries

warier wariest

Derivations

3 entries

unwary warily wariness

Antonyms

1 entries

unwary

similar

8 entries

alert distrustfulon guardon one's guardon your guardshyupon one's guardwatchful

Sample sentences

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I was wary of showing my intentions.

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I was wary of showing my intention.

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He seems to be wary of us.

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Tom is wary.

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