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wary has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is unwary.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
“they were wary in their movements”
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for wary come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.