leery

Questions about leery

What does leery mean?

leery means "openly distrustful and unwilling to confide".

How many syllables are in leery?

leery has 2 syllables: leer-y. The stress falls on "leer". In IPA it is /ˈlɪɹi/.

What is another word for leery?

Close synonyms include mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leery a common word?

leery is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with leery?

1 word rhymes with leery. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.