| Main Entry: |
wary |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
careful, cautious |
Synonyms: |
alert,
attentive, cagey, calculating,
canny, chary,
circumspect,
considerate,
discreet, distrustful, doubting,
frugal,
gingerly,
guarded, handling with kid gloves, heedful, keeping on one's toes,
leery, on guard, on the lookout, on the qui vive, provident,
prudent,
safe,
saving,
sly, sparing,
suspicious, thinking twice,
thrifty, unwasteful,
vigilant, walking on eggs,
watchful, watching one's step, watching out, wide-awake
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| Notes: |
to be wary is to be cautious or watchful; weary means fatigued or tired |
Antonyms: |
careless, foolish, heedless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless
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