Antonyms for wary
ˈwɛər iwa·ry

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1. waryadjective

   Synonyms:
   guarded, chary, careful, cautious

2. waryadjective

   Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.

   He is wary of dogs.

   Synonyms:
   careful, chary, guarded, cautious

3. waryadjective

   Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

   Synonyms:
   chary, cautious, careful, guarded

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1. wary

   Vigilant implies more sustained activity and more intelligent volition than alert; one may be habitually alert by reason of native quickness of perception and thought, or one may be momentarily alert under some excitement or expectancy; one who is vigilant is so with thoughtful purpose. One is vigilant against danger or harm; he may be alert or watchful for good as well as against evil; he is wary in view of suspected stratagem, trickery, or treachery. A person may be wakeful because of some merely physical excitement or excitability, as through insomnia; yet he may be utterly careless and negligent in his wakefulness, the reverse of watchful; a person who is truly watchful must keep himself wakeful while on watch, in which case wakeful has something of mental quality. Watchful, from the Saxon, and vigilant, from the Latin, are almost exact equivalents; but vigilant has somewhat more of sharp definiteness and somewhat more suggestion of volition; one may be habitually watchful; one is vigilant of set purpose and for direct cause, as in the presence of an enemy. Compare ALERT.

   Antonyms:
   careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwary

   Synonyms:
   alert, awake, careful, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, on the lookout, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, watchful, wide-awake

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1. wary

   Antonyms:
   unwary, unsuspecting, incautious, invigilant, unwatchful, unguarded, uncircumspect, heedless

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, cautious, watchful, guarded, circumspect, prudent, vigilant

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1. waryadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unwary, trusting, unguarded, trustful, gullible

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, leery, untrusting, mistrustful

2. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, waryadjective

   openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

   Antonyms:
   unwary, gullible, unguarded, trusting, trustful

   Synonyms:
   fishy, leery, shady, funny, suspicious, suspect, untrusting, mistrustful

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1. waryadjective

   Synonyms:
   guarded, cautious, circumspect, careful, vigilant

How to use wary in a sentence?

1. Jacob Russell:

   I was wary of making images that fed into this idea of the heroic strong women fighters, i think that the female fighters are used quite cynically by Kurdish leaders (who) know very well how attractive this image is to the Western media.

2. Terry Sheehan:

   Any further strengthening could make the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) more wary about the outlook, however, as long as overall measures of growth remain at least moderate, it should be a lesser concern among the risks the FOMC has to assess.

3. Louka Katseli:

   A return in deposits is the most difficult part, meaning it will take time, because people are still wary.

4. Koji Fukaya:

   It remains to be seen if the yen can stay weak if global risk aversion takes hold again. Market players will be wary of the BOJ taking action in that case, but they may conclude that the central bank won't step in until dollar/yen falls into the 116 range, the BOJ can lower interest rates further into negative territory, but the impact could be limited. For example the ECB did deepen negative deposit rates in December but this was considered a disappointment.

5. Oliver Wallin:

   Although the Fed has two explicit mandates - inflation and unemployment - they are going to be wary of what's happening in the wider global environment, including in China. That will no doubt influence the scale of the U.S. rate rises, there has been suspicion for some time that all is not as good as it seems in China. We are 'underweight' on emerging markets and have a feeling that there is more value to be found in the developed markets.

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