Wary

//ˈwɛə.ɹi//

Synonyms for "wary" (149 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Adjective(3 words)
carefulawakeaware

Strong matches (45)

Related words (74)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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Translations

105 translations across 43 languages.

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Armenian

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  • զգույշ adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Asturian

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  • prudente adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Aymara

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  • amulli adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Belarusian

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  • асцяро́жны adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Breton

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  • diskredig adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • evezieg adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Bulgarian

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  • бдителен adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • внимателен adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • внимателен adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • предпазлив adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Catalan

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  • cautelós adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 小心翼翼 adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • 謹慎 /谨慎 adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Danish

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  • forsigtig adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • på vagt adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • varsom adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Dutch

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  • behoedzaam adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Estonian

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  • ettevaatlik adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Finnish

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  • pelätä adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • to be wary adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • varovainen adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)

French

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  • méfiant adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Galician

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  • cauteloso adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • precavido adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Georgian

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  • ფრთხილი adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • წინდახედული adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

German

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  • achtsam adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • umsichtig adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • vorsichtig adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • vorsichtig adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)

Greek

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  • επιφυλακτικός adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Hawaiian

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  • ʻeʻena adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • ʻāhē adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Hebrew

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  • זהיר adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • נזהר adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Hindi

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  • सतर्क adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • सतर्क adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • सावधान adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • सावधान adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)

Hungarian

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  • bizalmatlankodó adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • elővigyázatos adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • gyanakvó adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • körültekintő adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)

Irish

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  • airdeallach adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • braiteach adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • faichilleach adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Italian

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  • accorto adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • accorto adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • cauteloso adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • cauto adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)

Japanese

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  • 用心深い adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Khmer

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  • ប្រុងប្រយត្ន័ adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Latin

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  • cautus adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Latvian

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  • piesardzīgs adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Luxembourgish

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  • virsiichteg adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Macedonian

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  • претпазлив adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Malay

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  • hati-hati adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • waspada adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Marathi

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  • सावध adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Mirandese

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  • couteloso adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Māori

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  • korita adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • korita adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • matakana adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • owhiti adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Occitan

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  • cautelós adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Polish

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  • czujny adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • ostrożny adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • przezorny adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Portuguese

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  • cauteloso adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • cauteloso adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • cuidadoso adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • cuidadoso adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)

Russian

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  • насторо́женный adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • осторо́жный adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • осторо́жный adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • подозри́тельный adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Slovak

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  • dávať si pozor adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • mať sa na pozore adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Spanish

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  • cauteloso adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • cauteloso adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • desconfiado adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • precavido adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Swedish

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  • försiktig adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • varsam adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Thai

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  • ขี้ระแวง adj (characterized by caution; guarded; careful)
  • ระมัดระวัง adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • ระวัง adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • ระแวง adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Turkish

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  • dikkat etmek adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
  • sakınmak adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

Ukrainian

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  • обере́жний adj (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)

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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