| Main Entry: | wariness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution |
Synonyms: |
alertness, attention, care, carefulness, deliberation, discretion, guardedness, heed, heedfulness, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness, attention to detail |
Synonyms: |
alertness, caution, circumspection, concentration, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, diligence, direction, discrimination, effort, enthusiasm, exactness, exertion, fastidiousness, forethought, heed, interest, management, meticulousness, nicety, pains, particularity, precaution, prudence, regard, scrupulousness, solicitude, thought, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight |
| Main Entry: | deliberation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | serious thought, discussion |
Synonyms: |
application, attention, brainwork, calculation, care, carefulness, caution, cerebration, circumspection, cogitation, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, debate, forethought, heed, meditation, prudence, purpose, rap, ratiocination, reflection, speculation, study, ventilation, wariness |
| Main Entry: | discretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution, judgment |
Synonyms: |
acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | distrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith in something |
Synonyms: |
disbelief, doubt, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, question, skepticism, suspicion, wariness |
| Notes: | to distrust is to suspect someone is dishonest; to mistrust is to merely lack confidence in someone mistrust involves a withholding of confidence, whereas distrust involves a projection of lack of confidence or suspicion |
Antonyms: |
assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, surety, trust |
| Main Entry: | mistrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubtfulness |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, chariness, concern, distrust, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, fear, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wariness, wonder |
Antonyms: |
belief, certainty, confidence, faith, trust |
| Main Entry: | precaution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness; preventative measure |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, canniness, care, caution, circumspection, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, insurance, protection, providence, provision, prudence, regard, safeguard, safety measure, wariness |
Antonyms: |
carelessness |
| Main Entry: | suspicion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt |
Synonyms: |
bad vibes, chariness, conjecture, cynicism, distrust, dubiety, dubiosity, funny feeling, guess, guesswork, gut feeling, hunch, idea, impression, incertitude, incredulity, jealousy, lack of confidence, misgiving, mistrust, nonbelief, notion, qualm, skepticism, sneaking suspicion, supposition, surmise, uncertainty, wariness, wonder |
Antonyms: |
trust |
| Main Entry: | funny feeling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | apprehension and nervousness |
Synonyms: |
bad vibes, case of nerves, creepy feeling, gut feeling, hunch, suspicion, wariness |
| Main Entry: | watchfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vigilance |
Synonyms: |
alertness, attention, awareness, carefulness, caution, keenness, mindfulness, readiness, wakefulness, wariness |