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Synonyms for wary
adj careful, cautious- attentive
- circumspect
- considerate
- distrustful
- frugal
- leery
- prudent
- suspicious
- vigilant
- watchful
- alert
- cagey
- calculating
- canny
- chary
- discreet
- doubting
- gingerly
- guarded
- handling with kid gloves
- heedful
- keeping on one's toes
- on guard
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- provident
- safe
- saving
- sly
- sparing
- thinking twice
- thrifty
- unwasteful
- walking on eggs
- watching one's step
- watching out
- wide-awake
Antonyms for wary
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
canny
adjective. clever, artful
- able
- acute
- adroit
- astute
- cagey
- careful
- cautious
- circumspect
- cunning
- dexterous
- discreet
- foxy
- frugal
- having fancy footwork
- hep
- ingenious
- intelligent
- judicious
- knowing
- nimble-witted
- perspicacious
- prudent
- quick
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- shrewd
- skillful
- slick
- slippery
- sly
- smart
- smooth
- street smart
- streetwise
- subtle
- wary
- watchful
- wise
- with it
- worldly-wise
careful
adjective. cautious; painstaking
- accurate
- alert
- apprehensive
- assiduous
- attentive
- chary
- choosy
- circumspect
- concerned
- conscientious
- conservative
- cool
- deliberate
- discreet
- exacting
- fastidious
- finicky
- fussy
- going to great lengths
- guarded
- heedful
- judicious
- leery
- meticulous
- mindful
- observant
- particular
- playing safe
- precise
- prim
- protective
- provident
- prudent
- punctilious
- regardful
- religious
- rigorous
- scrupulous
- selfdisciplined
- shy
- sober
- solicitous
- solid
- thorough
- thoughtful
- vigilant
- wary
cautious
adjective. careful, guarded
- alert
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- chary
- circumspect
- considerate
- discreet
- forethoughtful
- gingerly
- hedging one's bets
- heedful
- judicious
- keeping on one's toes
- leery
- on the lookout
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- provident
- prudent
- pussyfoot
- safe
- shrewd
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- tentative
- thinking twice
- vigilant
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watchful
- watching one's step
- watching out
- with one's eyes peeled
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.