wary
adjective
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- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
they were wary in their movements
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Related & opposite
- wariness derivation
- suspiciousness derivation
- distrust derivation
- leer derivation
- distrustful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unwary |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | wariness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wariness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | on guard |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | shy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wariness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspiciousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distrust |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leer |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | distrustful |