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All wary synonyms

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adjective wary

  • watchful β€” vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
  • cautious β€” Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
  • suspicious β€” tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
  • distrustful β€” unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious: An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.
  • mistrustful β€” full of mistrust; suspicious.
  • chary β€” If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
  • guarded β€” cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
  • circumspect β€” If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
  • careful β€” If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
  • attentive β€” If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.
  • considerate β€” Someone who is considerate pays attention to the needs, wishes, or feelings of other people.
  • frugal β€” economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
  • leery β€” leer2 .
  • prudent β€” wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
  • vigilant β€” keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • alert β€” If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
  • cagey β€” If you say that someone is being cagey about something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it.
  • calculating β€” If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
  • canny β€” A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
  • discreet β€” judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
  • doubting β€” Present participle of doubt.
  • gingerly β€” with great care or caution; warily.
  • heedful β€” taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful: She was always heedful of others' needs.
  • on the lookout β€” keeping watch
  • on the qui vive β€” on the qui vive, on the alert; watchful: Special guards were on the qui vive for trespassers.
  • provident β€” having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
  • safe β€” secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
  • saving β€” tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
  • sly β€” cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
  • sparing β€” kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
  • thrifty β€” practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
  • wasteful β€” given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
  • wide-awake β€” fully awake; with the eyes wide open.

adverb wary

  • on one's toes β€” one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
  • on the watch β€” to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
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