wary

Meanings

Adjective

• 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"

Adjective Satellite

• openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Adj

• Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
• Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard
• thrifty, provident

Verb

• To curse, revile.

Synonyms

careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, guarded, leery, mistrustful, scrupulous, suspicious, untrusting

Antonyms

unwary

Related Words

wargus, weary

Anagrams of wary