Synonyms for wary
ˈwɛər iwa·ry

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1. waryadjective

   Synonyms:
   guarded, chary, careful, cautious

2. waryadjective

   Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.

   He is wary of dogs.

   Synonyms:
   careful, chary, guarded, cautious

3. waryadjective

   Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

   Synonyms:
   chary, cautious, careful, guarded

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1. wary

   Vigilant implies more sustained activity and more intelligent volition than alert; one may be habitually alert by reason of native quickness of perception and thought, or one may be momentarily alert under some excitement or expectancy; one who is vigilant is so with thoughtful purpose. One is vigilant against danger or harm; he may be alert or watchful for good as well as against evil; he is wary in view of suspected stratagem, trickery, or treachery. A person may be wakeful because of some merely physical excitement or excitability, as through insomnia; yet he may be utterly careless and negligent in his wakefulness, the reverse of watchful; a person who is truly watchful must keep himself wakeful while on watch, in which case wakeful has something of mental quality. Watchful, from the Saxon, and vigilant, from the Latin, are almost exact equivalents; but vigilant has somewhat more of sharp definiteness and somewhat more suggestion of volition; one may be habitually watchful; one is vigilant of set purpose and for direct cause, as in the presence of an enemy. Compare ALERT.

   Synonyms:
   alert, awake, careful, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, on the lookout, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, watchful, wide-awake

   Antonyms:
   careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwary

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1. wary

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, cautious, watchful, guarded, circumspect, prudent, vigilant

   Antonyms:
   unwary, unsuspecting, incautious, invigilant, unwatchful, unguarded, uncircumspect, heedless

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1. waryadjective

   marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

   "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers"

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, leery, untrusting, mistrustful

   Antonyms:
   unwary, trusting, unguarded, trustful, gullible

2. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, waryadjective

   openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

   Synonyms:
   fishy, leery, shady, funny, suspicious, suspect, untrusting, mistrustful

   Antonyms:
   unwary, gullible, unguarded, trusting, trustful

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1. cautious

   i would be cautious about walking there after dark.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on June 13, 2021  

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1. waryadjective

   Synonyms:
   cautious, heedful, careful, watchful, vigilant, circumspect, prudent, discreet, guarded

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1. waryadjective

   Synonyms:
   guarded, cautious, circumspect, careful, vigilant

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1. List of paraphrases for "wary":

   cautious, careful, distrustful, suspicious, vigilant, mistrustful, prudent, warned

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1. Koji Fukaya:

   It remains to be seen if the yen can stay weak if global risk aversion takes hold again. Market players will be wary of the BOJ taking action in that case, but they may conclude that the central bank won't step in until dollar/yen falls into the 116 range, the BOJ can lower interest rates further into negative territory, but the impact could be limited. For example the ECB did deepen negative deposit rates in December but this was considered a disappointment.

2. Mike Schur:

   I am extremely wary about ascribing success or failure to the show in any goal, people used to ask if I felt like' Parks and Recreation' had convinced people that government could be good or something.

3. Jacob Russell:

   I was wary of making images that fed into this idea of the heroic strong women fighters, i think that the female fighters are used quite cynically by Kurdish leaders (who) know very well how attractive this image is to the Western media.

4. Christen Kuikoua:

   Matching appearances with authenticity isn't guaranteed, as even the devil can disguise as an angel of light without embodying light. Be wary of persuasive speakers; judge them by their actions, not just their words.

5. Rebecca Katz:

   Quarantine is a word that people respond to very strongly, but it's actually one of the strongest tools in the public health tool kit, but because it curtails civil liberties, most public health officials are very wary to utilize it.