What is another word for wary?
615 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ w_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ], [ wˈe͡əɹɪ], [ wˈeəɹɪ]Table of Contents
Similar words for wary:- alert (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- cagey (adjective)
- calculating (adjective)
- canny (adjective)
- careful (adjective)
- careful, cautious (adjective)
- cautious (adjective)
- circumspect (adjective)
- cunning (adjective)
- defensive (adjective)
- deliberate (adjective)
- delicate (adjective)
- disbelieving (adjective)
- discreet (adjective)
- distrustful (adjective)
- frugal (adjective)
- guarded (adjective)
- incautious (adjective)
- incredulous (adjective)
- judicious (adjective)
- leery (adjective)
- mindful (adjective)
- mistrustful (adjective)
- noncommittal (adjective)
- not careful (adjective)
- open-eyed (adjective)
- prudent (adjective)
- reluctant (adjective)
- safe (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- sparing (adjective)
- suspicious (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- unsleeping (adjective)
- untrusting (adjective)
- vigilant (adjective)
- wakeful (adjective)
- watchful (adjective)
- wise (adjective)
- mistrustful (noun)
- upon one's guard (noun)
- other synonyms
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Definition for Wary:
Synonyms for Wary:
adj.
•alert (adjective)- fast draw,
- on ball,
- fast the draw,
- fast on draw,
- on qui vive,
- on job,
- more jazzed,
- jazzed,
- most jazzed,
- wide awake,
- on one toes,
- on ones toes,
- quickest,
- observant,
- quick,
- more intelligent.
- wary.
- quick witted,
- most streetwise,
- more nimble witted,
- more nimblewitted,
- more acute,
- foxy,
- Worldlywise,
- nimble witted,
- slick,
- nimblewitted,
- more streetwise,
- most nimblewitted,
- most nimble witted,
- most nimble-witted,
- street smart,
- more nimble-witted,
- quickwitted,
- heppest.
- more selfdisciplined,
- going great lengths,
- provident,
- ex acting,
- more precise,
- most selfdisciplined,
- self disciplined,
- most thorough,
- more careful,
- more thorough,
- ex-acting.
- doubting,
- heedful,
- watching out,
- considerate,
- saving,
- sly,
- handling with kid gloves,
- attentive,
- distrustful,
- watching one's step,
- frugal,
- thrifty,
- keeping on one's toes,
- thinking twice,
- walking on eggs.
- taking it easy,
- pussyfoot,
- hedging one's bets,
- aware,
- with one's eyes peeled,
- playing it cool,
- forethoughtful,
- taking it slow.
- devious,
- witty,
- shrewd,
- scheming,
- crafty,
- subtle,
- smooth,
- crazy like fox,
- tricky,
- masterly,
- serpentine,
- wily,
- deft,
- fancy footwork,
- sharp,
- artful,
- sly boots,
- designing,
- snaky,
- skillful,
- feline,
- astute,
- ingenious,
- clever,
- slippery,
- masterful.
- aforethought,
- Schemed,
- witting,
- purposive,
- coldblooded,
- with forethought,
- cut and dried,
- done on purpose,
- Prepense,
- prearranged,
- Designful,
- predesigned,
- Predeterminate,
- thought out.
- penny wise,
- tightwad,
- un wasteful,
- most unwasteful,
- more penny-wise,
- most pennywise,
- more penny wise,
- more tightwad,
- pre serving,
- more conserving,
- penny pinching,
- more unwasteful,
- mingier,
- most penny wise,
- most scrimping,
- un-wasteful,
- most preserving,
- mingiest,
- more preserving,
- pre-serving,
- most penny-wise,
- most niggardly,
- more niggardly,
- more pennywise,
- most conserving,
- more scrimping,
- most tightwad,
- meager.
- more overcareful,
- over careful,
- most overcautious,
- more overcautious,
- most overcareful,
- over cautious,
- over-cautious.
- in-discreet,
- ill advised,
- most fast-and-loose,
- more fast and loose,
- un guarded,
- most unwatchful,
- un-mindful,
- un-watchful,
- un-guarded,
- devil may care,
- sticking ones neck out,
- injudicious,
- most ill-judged,
- more ill judged,
- more ill-judged,
- un watchful,
- most unalert,
- more unalert,
- un-alert,
- most unvigilant,
- sticking one's neck out,
- un vigilant,
- sticking neck out,
- sticking one neck out,
- most foot in mouth,
- more fast-and-loose,
- in cautious,
- illjudged,
- most ill judged,
- more unwatchful,
- most illjudged,
- in discreet,
- ill judged,
- in-judicious,
- foot in mouth,
- most foot-in-mouth,
- un-vigilant,
- most fast and loose,
- more illjudged,
- un alert,
- more unvigilant,
- un thinking,
- un-thinking,
- illadvised,
- more foot-in-mouth,
- more foot in mouth,
- in-cautious,
- in judicious.
- more clear-sighted,
- most clearsighted,
- welladvised,
- well judged,
- pro founder,
- pro found,
- pro-found,
- more clearsighted,
- well-judged,
- clear sighted,
- welljudged,
- most well-judged,
- more clear sighted,
- most well judged,
- pro-founder,
- far-sighted,
- judicial,
- most clear sighted,
- more welljudged,
- more well-judged,
- most clear-sighted,
- far sighted,
- more well judged,
- most welljudged.
- know ins outs,
- in know,
- know all answers,
- on to,
- most observative,
- know answers,
- be upon,
- plugged in,
- more observative.
- on-the-fence,
- even steven,
- buttoned up,
- even-steven,
- Middle-ground,
- clammed up,
- non-committal,
- unrevealing.
- more disheartened,
- dis-inclined,
- most demurring,
- in-disposed,
- in voluntary,
- more laggard,
- un-eager,
- most laggard,
- most uneager,
- more uneager,
- in disposed,
- more demurring,
- in-voluntary,
- laggard,
- most grudging,
- un eager,
- dis inclined,
- most disheartened,
- dis-heartened,
- dis heartened,
- more grudging.
- more uneffusive,
- un-assertive,
- un-responsive,
- most unsocial,
- un social,
- self effacing,
- de-mure,
- re tiring,
- un assertive,
- more unsocial,
- de mure,
- re-tiring,
- introvert,
- more unassertive,
- un responsive,
- un assured,
- more unassured,
- recessive,
- most uneffusive,
- un-social,
- un-effusive,
- most unassured,
- selfeffacing,
- un effusive,
- un willing,
- un-willing,
- un-assured,
- most introvert,
- more introvert.
- more costconscious,
- more tight fisted,
- most stewardly,
- un-giving,
- more moneyconscious,
- un giving,
- most money conscious,
- most cost conscious,
- money conscious,
- moneyconscious,
- more money conscious,
- cost conscious,
- most tight-fisted,
- more ungiving,
- costconscious,
- more money-conscious,
- most costconscious,
- most cost-conscious,
- most ungiving,
- most tight fisted,
- tight fisted,
- more cost-conscious,
- more tight-fisted,
- more stewardly,
- most moneyconscious,
- more cost conscious,
- most money-conscious.
n.
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- awareness.
Other synonyms:
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- forehanded,
- open-eyed,
- gingerly.
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- wide-awake.
- dexterous,
- lidless,
- precautional,
- Methodic,
- unwilling,
- reasonable,
- disturbed,
- follow,
- commemorate,
- apprehensively,
- solicitous,
- disquieted,
- afraid,
- hawk-eyed,
- on your guard,
- awake,
- uncourageous,
- unenthusiastic,
- distrustfully,
- inventive,
- Trickish,
- prudently,
- charily,
- sleepless,
- discriminating,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- reticent,
- advisedly,
- judiciously,
- sage,
- sensible,
- concerned,
- mode,
- carefully,
- vigilantly,
- deliberately,
- machiavellian,
- Equivocating,
- attentively,
- conservative,
- maintain,
- deep-laid,
- attend,
- reserved,
- dubious,
- find,
- doubtful,
- watchfully,
- funny,
- dubiously,
- scotch,
- cute,
- politic,
- restless,
- knowing,
- disinclined,
- agnostic,
- anxiously,
- questioning,
- discreetly,
- sagacious,
- circumspectly,
- cautiously,
- comply,
- fastidious,
- shady,
- safely,
- Suspecting,
- distressed,
- antagonistic,
- behold,
- cowardly,
- watch,
- wisely,
- shifty,
- regardful,
- fearful,
- edgy,
- insidious,
- unbelieving,
- beware,
- thinking,
- cagy,
- doubtfully,
- apprehensive,
- sceptical,
- securely,
- craven,
- tactful,
- evasive,
- slow,
- scrupulously,
- precautionary,
- enlightened,
- suspect,
- evasively,
- guileful,
- mistrusting,
- on the alert,
- indisposed,
- on toes,
- shiftily,
- dainty,
- fulfill,
- on the ball,
- suspiciously,
- feel,
- loath,
- modestly,
- thorough,
- opposed,
- supple,
- mindfully,
- tricksy,
- pawky,
- conscientiously,
- playing it safe,
- unsleeping,
- deep,
- hesitant,
- obey,
- uncommunicative,
- lynx-eyed,
- temperately,
- averse,
- stealthy,
- celebrate,
- eagle-eyed,
- assist,
- vulpine,
- cagily,
- alertly,
- reticently,
- argus-eyed,
- learned,
- erudite,
- cool,
- caring,
- warily,
- Inconvincible,
- fretful,
- Subtile,
- serve,
- all eyes,
- intently,
- mistrustfully,
- detect,
- acute,
- deceitful,
- squeamish,
- noncommittally,
- keen-sighted,
- consciously,
- hesitating,
- discover,
- guardedly,
- thoughtfully,
- keep,
- tentative,
- loth,
- sharp-eyed,
- fishy,
- mention,
- prepared,
- inspect,
- discerning,
- shy of,
- sharp-sighted,
- on one's guard,
- see,
- custodial,
- calculatingly,
- uneasily,
- look,
- ware,
- timorous,
- gimlet-eyed,
- strategic,
- aux aguets,
- scrupulous,
- observe,
- discern,
- close,
- methodical,
- arch,
- restrained,
- keen-eyed,
- sneaky,
- perturbed,
- critical,
- Prevaricating,
- diplomatic,
- sophistical,
- timid,
- unpersuadable,
- obliquely.
Paraphrases for Wary:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
distrustful, careful, circumspect, cautious.
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Proper noun, singular
cautious.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
suspicious, mistrustful, sceptical, reluctant, aware, reticent, precautionary, anxious, afraid, attentive, hesitant, apprehensive, fearful, alert, timid, mindful, conservative, watchful, cautionary, restrained, skeptical.
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Adjective
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Antonyms for Wary:
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adj.
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all
unwary.
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careful, cautious
inconsiderate, heedless, careless, certain, incautious, negligent, reckless, rash, inattentive, indiscreet, foolish.
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Other antonyms:
impetuous, dull, venturesome, drowsy, asleep, unplanned, injudicious, unmindful, oblivious, gullible, imprudent, thoughtless, unintentional, regardless, inadvertent, lax, trusting.
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Wary Sentence Examples:
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In deceiving your neighbour be more wary than when he is trying to deceive you.
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The wary Comte de Vergennes did all he could to prevent the affair from getting before the public.
Homophones for Wary:
- wherry, wery, werry.
