What is another word for wary?
726 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ wˈe͡əɹi], [ wˈeəɹi], [ w_ˈeə_ɹ_i]
The word wary means to be cautious or careful, and it's often used to describe one's approach to a new situation or person. There are many synonyms for the word wary that can be used to convey a similar sentiment. For example, someone might be considered cautious, vigilant, or guarded if they are wary. They could also be described as being alert, watchful, or mindful. Other synonyms for wary include prudent, circumspect, and hesitant. Depending on the context in which it is used, there are numerous words that can be employed as synonyms for the term wary, each providing slightly different connotations for the word.
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Similar words for wary:
- cautious (adjective)
- circumspect (adjective)
- cunning (adjective)
- defensive (adjective)
- deliberate (adjective)
- disbelieving (adjective)
- discreet (adjective)
- incredulous (adjective)
- noncommittal (adjective)
- open-eyed (adjective)
- safe (adjective)
- vigilant (adjective)
- wakeful (adjective)
- alert (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- cagey (adjective)
- calculating (adjective)
- canny (adjective)
- careful (adjective)
- delicate (adjective)
- distrustful (adjective)
- frugal (adjective)
- guarded (adjective)
- incautious (adjective)
- judicious (adjective)
- leery (adjective)
- mindful (adjective)
- mistrustful (adjective)
- not careful (adjective)
- prudent (adjective)
- reluctant (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- sparing (adjective)
- suspicious (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- unsleeping (adjective)
- untrusting (adjective)
- watchful (adjective)
- wise (adjective)
- upon one's guard (noun)
Synonyms for Wary:
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adj.
• cautious- attentive ,
- aware ,
- forethoughtful ,
- hedging one's bets ,
- heedful ,
- observant ,
- taking it easy ,
- pussyfoot ,
- taking it slow ,
- with one's eyes peeled .
- artful ,
- astute ,
- clever ,
- crafty ,
- crazy like fox ,
- deft ,
- designing ,
- devious ,
- feline ,
- foxy ,
- ingenious ,
- masterful ,
- masterly ,
- quick ,
- scheming ,
- serpentine ,
- sharp ,
- shrewd ,
- skillful ,
- slick ,
- slippery ,
- sly ,
- smooth ,
- snaky ,
- subtle ,
- tricky ,
- wily ,
- witty ,
- fancy footwork ,
- sly boots .
- Designful ,
- Predeterminate ,
- Prepense ,
- aforethought ,
- coldblooded ,
- cut and dried ,
- done on purpose ,
- prearranged ,
- predesigned ,
- purposive ,
- thought out ,
- with forethought ,
- witting ,
- Schemed .
- Middle-ground ,
- buttoned up ,
- clammed up ,
- non-committal ,
- on-the-fence ,
- unrevealing ,
- even steven ,
- even-steven .
- fast draw ,
- fast on draw ,
- fast the draw ,
- jazzed ,
- more intelligent ,
- more jazzed ,
- most jazzed ,
- on ball ,
- on job ,
- on one toes ,
- on ones toes ,
- on qui vive ,
- quickest ,
- wide awake .
- wary .
- Worldlywise ,
- heppest ,
- more acute ,
- more nimble witted ,
- more nimble-witted ,
- more nimblewitted ,
- more streetwise ,
- most nimble witted ,
- most nimble-witted ,
- most nimblewitted ,
- most streetwise ,
- nimble witted ,
- nimblewitted ,
- quick witted ,
- quickwitted ,
- street smart .
- ex acting ,
- ex-acting ,
- going great lengths ,
- more careful ,
- more precise ,
- more selfdisciplined ,
- more thorough ,
- most selfdisciplined ,
- most thorough ,
- self disciplined .
- meager ,
- mingier ,
- mingiest ,
- more conserving ,
- more niggardly ,
- more penny wise ,
- more penny-wise ,
- more pennywise ,
- more preserving ,
- more scrimping ,
- more tightwad ,
- more unwasteful ,
- most conserving ,
- most niggardly ,
- most penny wise ,
- most penny-wise ,
- most pennywise ,
- most preserving ,
- most scrimping ,
- most tightwad ,
- most unwasteful ,
- penny pinching ,
- penny wise ,
- pre serving ,
- pre-serving ,
- tightwad ,
- un wasteful ,
- un-wasteful .
- more overcareful ,
- more overcautious ,
- most overcareful ,
- most overcautious ,
- over careful ,
- over cautious ,
- over-cautious .
- devil may care ,
- foot in mouth ,
- ill advised ,
- ill judged ,
- illadvised ,
- illjudged ,
- in cautious ,
- in discreet ,
- in judicious ,
- in-cautious ,
- in-discreet ,
- in-judicious ,
- injudicious ,
- more fast and loose ,
- more fast-and-loose ,
- more foot in mouth ,
- more foot-in-mouth ,
- more ill judged ,
- more ill-judged ,
- more illjudged ,
- more unalert ,
- more unvigilant ,
- more unwatchful ,
- most fast and loose ,
- most fast-and-loose ,
- most foot in mouth ,
- most foot-in-mouth ,
- most ill judged ,
- most ill-judged ,
- most illjudged ,
- most unalert ,
- most unvigilant ,
- most unwatchful ,
- sticking neck out ,
- sticking one neck out ,
- sticking one's neck out ,
- sticking ones neck out ,
- un alert ,
- un guarded ,
- un thinking ,
- un vigilant ,
- un watchful ,
- un-alert ,
- un-guarded ,
- un-mindful ,
- un-thinking ,
- un-vigilant ,
- un-watchful .
- clear sighted ,
- far sighted ,
- judicial ,
- more clear sighted ,
- more clear-sighted ,
- more clearsighted ,
- more well judged ,
- more well-judged ,
- more welljudged ,
- most clear sighted ,
- most clear-sighted ,
- most clearsighted ,
- most well judged ,
- most well-judged ,
- most welljudged ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- well judged ,
- well-judged ,
- welladvised ,
- welljudged .
- be upon ,
- in know ,
- know all answers ,
- know answers ,
- know ins outs ,
- more observative ,
- most observative ,
- on to ,
- plugged in .
- dis heartened ,
- dis inclined ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-inclined ,
- in disposed ,
- in voluntary ,
- in-disposed ,
- in-voluntary ,
- laggard ,
- more demurring ,
- more disheartened ,
- more grudging ,
- more laggard ,
- more uneager ,
- most demurring ,
- most disheartened ,
- most grudging ,
- most laggard ,
- most uneager ,
- un eager ,
- un-eager .
- de mure ,
- de-mure ,
- introvert ,
- more introvert ,
- more unassertive ,
- more unassured ,
- more uneffusive ,
- more unsocial ,
- most introvert ,
- most unassured ,
- most uneffusive ,
- most unsocial ,
- re tiring ,
- re-tiring ,
- recessive ,
- self effacing ,
- selfeffacing ,
- un assertive ,
- un assured ,
- un effusive ,
- un responsive ,
- un social ,
- un willing ,
- un-assertive ,
- un-assured ,
- un-effusive ,
- un-responsive ,
- un-social ,
- un-willing .
- cost conscious ,
- costconscious ,
- money conscious ,
- moneyconscious ,
- more cost conscious ,
- more cost-conscious ,
- more costconscious ,
- more money conscious ,
- more money-conscious ,
- more moneyconscious ,
- more stewardly ,
- more tight fisted ,
- more tight-fisted ,
- more ungiving ,
- most cost conscious ,
- most cost-conscious ,
- most costconscious ,
- most money conscious ,
- most money-conscious ,
- most moneyconscious ,
- most stewardly ,
- most tight fisted ,
- most tight-fisted ,
- most ungiving ,
- tight fisted ,
- un giving ,
- un-giving .
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n.
• upon one's guard Other synonyms:
- forehanded ,
- gingerly ,
- open-eyed .
- vigilant ,
- wide-awake .
Other relevant words:
• careful
• disinclined
• noun
- Equivocating ,
- Inconvincible ,
- Methodic ,
- Precautious ,
- Prevaricating ,
- Subtile ,
- Suspecting ,
- Trickish ,
- acute ,
- advisedly ,
- afraid ,
- agnostic ,
- alertly ,
- all ears ,
- all eyes ,
- antagonistic ,
- anxiously ,
- apprehensive ,
- apprehensively ,
- arch ,
- argus-eyed ,
- assist ,
- attend ,
- attentively ,
- aux aguets ,
- averse ,
- awake ,
- awareness ,
- behold ,
- beware ,
- cagey ,
- cagily ,
- cagy ,
- calculatingly ,
- carefully ,
- caring ,
- cautiously ,
- celebrate ,
- charily ,
- circumspectly ,
- close ,
- commemorate ,
- comply ,
- concerned ,
- conscientiously ,
- consciously ,
- conservative ,
- considerate ,
- cool ,
- cowardly ,
- craven ,
- critical ,
- custodial ,
- cute ,
- dainty ,
- deceitful ,
- deep ,
- deep-laid ,
- deliberately ,
- delicate ,
- detect ,
- dexterous ,
- diplomatic ,
- discern ,
- discerning ,
- discover ,
- discreet ,
- discreetly ,
- discriminating ,
- disinclined ,
- disquieted ,
- distressed ,
- distrustful ,
- distrustfully ,
- disturbed ,
- doubtful ,
- doubtfully ,
- dubious ,
- dubiously ,
- eagle-eyed ,
- edgy ,
- enlightened ,
- erudite ,
- evasive ,
- evasively ,
- far-sighted ,
- fastidious ,
- fearful ,
- feel ,
- find ,
- fishy ,
- follow ,
- fretful ,
- frugal ,
- fulfill ,
- funny ,
- gimlet-eyed ,
- guardedly ,
- guileful ,
- handling with kid gloves ,
- hawk-eyed ,
- hesitant ,
- hesitating ,
- in doubt ,
- incredulous ,
- indisposed ,
- insidious ,
- inspect ,
- intently ,
- inventive ,
- judicious ,
- judiciously ,
- keen-eyed ,
- keen-sighted ,
- keep ,
- keeping on one's toes ,
- knowing ,
- learned ,
- leery ,
- lidless ,
- loath ,
- look ,
- loth ,
- lynx-eyed ,
- machiavellian ,
- maintain ,
- mention ,
- methodical ,
- mindfully ,
- mistrustful ,
- mistrustfully ,
- mistrusting ,
- mode ,
- modestly ,
- noncommittal ,
- noncommittally ,
- obey ,
- obliquely ,
- observe ,
- on guard ,
- on one's guard ,
- on one's toes ,
- on the alert ,
- on the ball ,
- on the lookout ,
- on the qui vive ,
- on the watch ,
- on toes ,
- on your guard ,
- opposed ,
- overcautious ,
- pawky ,
- perturbed ,
- playing it cool ,
- playing it safe ,
- politic ,
- precautional ,
- precautionary ,
- prepared ,
- provident ,
- prudently ,
- questioning ,
- ready ,
- reasonable ,
- regardful ,
- reserved ,
- resourceful ,
- restless ,
- restrained ,
- reticent ,
- reticently ,
- safe ,
- safely ,
- sagacious ,
- sage ,
- saving ,
- sceptical ,
- scotch ,
- scrupulous ,
- scrupulously ,
- securely ,
- see ,
- sensible ,
- serve ,
- shady ,
- sharp-eyed ,
- sharp-sighted ,
- shiftily ,
- shifty ,
- shy ,
- shy of ,
- sleepless ,
- slow ,
- sneaky ,
- solicitous ,
- sophistical ,
- sparing ,
- squeamish ,
- stealthy ,
- strategic ,
- supple ,
- suspect ,
- suspicious ,
- suspiciously ,
- tactful ,
- tactical ,
- temperately ,
- tentative ,
- thinking ,
- thinking twice ,
- thorough ,
- thoughtful ,
- thoughtfully ,
- thrifty ,
- timid ,
- timorous ,
- tricksy ,
- unbelieving ,
- uncommunicative ,
- unconvinced ,
- uncourageous ,
- uneasily ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- unpersuadable ,
- unsleeping ,
- untrusting ,
- unwasteful ,
- unwilling ,
- vigilantly ,
- vulpine ,
- wakeful ,
- walking on eggs ,
- ware ,
- warily ,
- watch ,
- watchfully ,
- watching one's step ,
- watching out ,
- wise ,
- wisely .
- Hepper ,
- Observative ,
- Sophic ,
- Stewardly ,
- Ungiving ,
- alert ,
- alive to ,
- any old way ,
- be on ,
- be up on ,
- been hit before ,
- calculating ,
- canny ,
- careful ,
- caught napping ,
- cautious ,
- circumspect ,
- clear-sighted ,
- clearsighted ,
- co-operative ,
- cost-conscious ,
- cunning ,
- deliberate ,
- fast on the draw ,
- fast-and-loose ,
- foot-in-mouth ,
- glued ,
- going to great lengths ,
- good hands ,
- guarded ,
- having fancy footwork ,
- heads up ,
- hep ,
- ill-judged ,
- in the know ,
- judgmatic ,
- know all the answers ,
- know ins and outs ,
- know the answers ,
- mindful ,
- mingy ,
- money-conscious ,
- niggardly ,
- nimble-witted ,
- not born yesterday on the lookout ,
- not missing a trick ,
- off guard ,
- on the job ,
- on watch ,
- over-careful ,
- overcareful ,
- pay no mind ,
- penny-wise ,
- pennypinching ,
- pennywise ,
- playing with fire ,
- psyched up ,
- see to ,
- self-disciplined ,
- selfdisciplined ,
- streetwise ,
- switched on ,
- tight-fisted ,
- tuned in ,
- unalert ,
- unassertive ,
- unassured ,
- uneager ,
- uneffusive ,
- unsocial ,
- unvigilant ,
- unwatchful ,
- watchful ,
- well advised ,
- well thought out ,
- well thought-out ,
- wide open ,
- wideawake ,
- with eyes peeled ,
- without belief ,
- without faith ,
- worldly wise .
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How to use "Wary" in context?
When it comes to the English lexicon, "wary" is one of those words that can have a few different meanings. The most straightforward definition of wary is "careful," but it can also have a more negative connotation, referring to someone who is suspicious orAggressive. As a verb, to be wary means to be careful and watchful. At its most basic level, being wary means to be on your guard, to be aware of what's going on around you. When you're cautious, it's a good idea to be aware of your surroundings and to not putting yourself in any unnecessary danger.
Paraphrases for Wary:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
careful, cautious, circumspect, distrustful.
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Proper noun, singular
cautious.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
afraid, alert, anxious, apprehensive, attentive, aware, cautionary, conservative, fearful, hesitant, mindful, mistrustful, precautionary, reluctant, restrained, reticent, sceptical, skeptical, suspicious, timid, watchful.
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Adjective
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Other Related
Homophones for Wary:
- wherry, wery, werry.
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