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Synonyms for wary
ˈwɛər iwa·ry
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Wiktionary
waryadjective
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.
waryadjective
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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-awakeAntonyms:
careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwary
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
wary
Synonyms:
suspicious, cautious, watchful, guarded, circumspect, prudent, vigilantAntonyms:
unwary, unsuspecting, incautious, invigilant, unwatchful, unguarded, uncircumspect, heedless
Princeton's WordNet
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, mistrustfulleery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, waryadjective
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Synonyms:
fishy, leery, shady, funny, suspicious, suspect, untrusting, mistrustful
Editors Contribution
cautious
i would be cautious about walking there after dark.
Submitted by Soulwriter on June 13, 2021
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
waryadjective
Synonyms:
guarded, cautious, circumspect, careful, vigilant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "wary":
cautious, careful, distrustful, suspicious, vigilant, mistrustful, prudent, warned
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2347 | funny | |
#2450 | alert | |
#5469 | careful | |
#6236 | suspect | |
#9694 | warned | |
#13247 | awake | |
#13890 | suspicious | |
#17229 | shady | |
#18081 | cautious | |
#18432 | prudent | |
#22516 | wary | |
#23015 | guarded | |
#30529 | vigilant | |
#33301 | sleepless | |
#33634 | fishy | |
#37517 | watchful | |
#73905 | leery | |
#102967 | circumspect | |
#111440 | distrustful | |
#111586 | mistrustful | |
#169023 | wakeful | |
#178624 | chary | |
#318287 | untrusting |
How to use wary in a sentence?
Black people, in general, are very wary of having this conversation because we talk about race amongst each other a lot because it's a central component of life, but when you meet a new White person, as I met Jo as a new friend, there is, I think, a built-in level of apprehension there about what is this person's background ? What is their family like ? You know, what, what are they hearing at the dinner table ? What did they hear about Black people growing up ? Who are their other friends ? What is their social circle ?
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
My sense is that African rulers do not believe there is anything so valuable that it is worth risking the relationship with China. Some African rulers also personally benefit from engaging with Chinaswanky government buildings are just one examplewhich influences Some African rulers also towards being less wary of Chinese espionage than Some African rulers also might otherwise be.
Investors will likely remain wary until the rate hike happens.
A return in deposits is the most difficult part, meaning it will take time, because people are still wary.
Translations for wary
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- حذرArabic
- cautelósCatalan, Valencian
- på vagt, varsom, forsigtigDanish
- achtsam, vorsichtig, umsichtig, wachsamGerman
- επιφυλακτικόςGreek
- cautelosoSpanish
- pelätä, varovainenFinnish
- méfiantFrench
- airdeallach, faichilleach, braiteachIrish
- cautelosoGalician
- सावधानHindi
- bizalmatlankodó, óvatos, körültekintő, elővigyázatos, gyanakvóHungarian
- զգույշArmenian
- diffidenteItalian
- 用心深いJapanese
- ប្រុងប្រយត្ន័Khmer
- सावधMarathi
- hati-hati, waspadaMalay
- cautelósOccitan
- cautelosoPortuguese
- осторожный, настороженныйRussian
- dávať si pozor, mať sa na pozoreSlovak
- எச்சரிக்கையாகTamil
- sakınmak, dikkat etmekTurkish
- 警惕Chinese
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