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Word | Chary |
characterized by great cautious and wariness; a cagey avoidance of a definite answer; chary of the risks involved; a chary investor / characterized by great caution and wariness / Careful / cautious; sparing or restrained about giving / cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something. / cautious about doing something, | |
Usage | ⇒ A prudent, thrifty New Englander, DeWitt was as chary of investing money in junk bonds as he was chary of paying people unnecessary compliments. ⇒ chary investors who weren't burned by the dot-com bust ⇒ most people are chary of allowing themselves to be photographed |
Synonyms | wary, cautious, circumspect, careful, prudent, watchful, guarded, leery, thrifty, cagey, discreet, sparing, frugal, economical, gingerly, heedful, reluctant, shy, stingy, suspicious, |
Antonyms | careless, heedless, incautious, rash, hasty, lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss, unguarded, unwary, bighearted, casual, forgetful, fulsome, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, |
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