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WARINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wariness mean?
• WARINESS (noun)
The noun WARINESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of being cautious and watchful
Familiarity information: WARINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being cautious and watchful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
chariness; wariness
Hypernyms ("wariness" is a kind of...):
caution; circumspection (the trait of being circumspect and prudent)
Attribute:
wary (marked by keen caution and watchful prudence)
unwary (not alert to danger or deception)
Antonym:
unwariness (the trait of not being cautious and watchful)
Derivation:
wary (marked by keen caution and watchful prudence)
wary (openly distrustful and unwilling to confide)
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