Definition for Wary:

• Carefully watching and guarding.

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.
  •all (adjective)
  • wary.
  •cagey (adjective)
  • shrewdest.
  •calculating (adjective)
  • manipulative.
  •canny (adjective)
  • 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.
  •careful (adjective)
  • more selfdisciplined,
  • going great lengths,
  • provident,
  • ex acting,
  • more precise,
  • most selfdisciplined,
  • self disciplined,
  • most thorough,
  • more careful,
  • more thorough,
  • ex-acting.
  •careful, cautious (adjective)
  • 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.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • taking it easy,
  • pussyfoot,
  • hedging one's bets,
  • aware,
  • with one's eyes peeled,
  • playing it cool,
  • forethoughtful,
  • taking it slow.
  •circumspect (adjective)
  • study at careful,
  • dis-criminating,
  • dis criminating.
  •cunning (adjective)
  • 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.
  •defensive (adjective)
  • Sheltering,
  • protective,
  • secure,
  • armored,
  • buffering,
  • shielding,
  • defensive,
  • guarding,
  • countering.
  •deliberate (adjective)
  • aforethought,
  • Schemed,
  • witting,
  • purposive,
  • coldblooded,
  • with forethought,
  • cut and dried,
  • done on purpose,
  • Prepense,
  • prearranged,
  • Designful,
  • predesigned,
  • Predeterminate,
  • thought out.
  •delicate (adjective)
  • de tailed,
  • de-tailed,
  • tactical,
  • fore sighted,
  • fore-sighted.
  •disbelieving (adjective)
  • disbelieving,
  • skeptical,
  • unsure,
  • Distrusting,
  • uncertain,
  • cynical.
  •discreet (adjective)
  • Precautious,
  • not rash,
  • having foresight,
  • like a clam,
  • on lookout.
  •distrustful (adjective)
  • dis-trustful,
  • up tight,
  • dis trustful,
  • up-tight.
  •frugal (adjective)
  • 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.
  •guarded (adjective)
  • more overcareful,
  • over careful,
  • most overcautious,
  • more overcautious,
  • most overcareful,
  • over cautious,
  • over-cautious.
  •prudent (adjective)
  • more judgmatic,
  • most judgmatic.
  •reluctant (adjective)
  • 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.
  •safe (adjective)
  • safest,
  • unadventurous,
  • SAFER,
  • on safe side.
  •shy (adjective)
  • 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.
  •sparing (adjective)
  • 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.
  •suspicious (adjective)
  • not born yesterday the lookout,
  • most suspecting,
  • not born yesterday lookout,
  • greeneyed,
  • un-believing,
  • not born yesterday on lookout,
  • more suspecting,
  • green eyed,
  • un believing.
  •thoughtful (adjective)
  • co operative,
  • un selfish,
  • well bred,
  • well thoughtout,
  • un-selfish,
  • wellbred.
  •unsleeping (adjective)
  • un sleeping,
  • un-sleeping.
  •untrusting (adjective)
  • un trusting,
  • un-trusting.
  •vigilant (adjective)
  • looking to,
  • with weather eye open,
  • on alert,
  • on toes,
  • looking for,
  • watching.
  •wakeful (adjective)
  • on the alert,
  • unsleeping,
  • insomniac,
  • Insomnious.
  •watchful (adjective)
  • most glued,
  • not missing trick,
  • pre-pared,
  • see after,
  • pre pared,
  • more glued.
  •wise (adjective)
  • well informed,
  • more sensing,
  • under standing,
  • wisest,
  • most sensing,
  • under-standing,
  • most sophic,
  • more sophic.

• n.

  •
  • frightened,
  • nervous,
  • upset,
  • uneasy,
  • troubled,
  • worried,
  • alarmed,
  • on edge,
  • tense,
  • anxious.
  •
  • awareness.
  •upon one's guard (noun)
  • upon one's guard.
  •wary (noun)
  • mistrustful,
  • on your guard,
  • on one's guard.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • forehanded,
  • open-eyed,
  • gingerly.
  •
  • wide-awake.

Paraphrases for Wary:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    distrustful, careful, circumspect, cautious.
  • Proper noun, singular
    cautious.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    suspicious, mistrustful, sceptical, reluctant, aware, reticent, precautionary, anxious, afraid, attentive, hesitant, apprehensive, fearful, alert, timid, mindful, conservative, watchful, cautionary, restrained, skeptical.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    vigilant, worried, concerned, prudent, weary, worry.

Antonyms for Wary:

• adj.

  • all
    unwary.
  • careful, cautious
    inconsiderate, heedless, careless, certain, incautious, negligent, reckless, rash, inattentive, indiscreet, foolish.
  • Other antonyms:
    impetuous, dull, venturesome, drowsy, asleep, unplanned, injudicious, unmindful, oblivious, gullible, imprudent, thoughtless, unintentional, regardless, inadvertent, lax, trusting.

Wary Sentence Examples:

• In deceiving your neighbour be more wary than when he is trying to deceive you.

• The wary Comte de Vergennes did all he could to prevent the affair from getting before the public.

Homophones for Wary:

• wherry, wery, werry.