Grep  of  noun  wary 
  cassowary 
 
  Overview  of  adj  wary 
 
  The  adj  wary  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  wary  --  (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") 
  2.  leery,  mistrustful,  suspicious,  untrusting,  wary  --  (openly  distrustful  and  unwilling  to  confide) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  wary 
 
  2  senses  of  wary 
 
  Sense  1 
  wary  (vs.  unwary) 
 
  unwary  (vs.  wary) 
  =>  gullible 
  =>  incautious,  unguarded 
 
  Sense  2 
  leery,  mistrustful,  suspicious,  untrusting,  wary 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  distrustful)  ->  trustful,  trusting 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  wary 
 
  2  senses  of  wary 
 
  Sense  1 
  wary  (vs.  unwary) 
  =>  on  guard,  on  one's  guard(prenominal),  upon  one's  guard(prenominal),  on  your  guard 
  =>  shy 
 
  Sense  2 
  leery,  mistrustful,  suspicious,  untrusting,  wary 
  =>  distrustful  (vs.  trustful) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  wary 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  wary 
 
  Sense  1 
  wary  (vs.  unwary) 
  =>  wariness,  chariness 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  wary 
 
  wary  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  wary 
  unwary 
  wary 
 
  Overview  of  adj  wary 
 
  The  adj  wary  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  wary  --  (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") 
  2.  leery,  mistrustful,  suspicious,  untrusting,  wary  --  (openly  distrustful  and  unwilling  to  confide) 

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