Synonyms for wariness

6 synonyms
2 antonyms

noun

Most common

caution vigilance chariness

All synonyms

Noun

caution, vigilance, precaution, care, calculation, chariness

Antonyms

credulity, unwariness

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Definitions

n. 1
vigilance or the condition of being alert

Forms

Plural: warinesses → cautions, vigilances, precautions, cares…

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Wariness, Watchfulness or Caution?

Watchfulness recognizes the possibility of danger, wariness the probability. A man who is not influenced by caution to keep out of danger may display great wariness in the midst of it.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

caution The soldiers headed for the frontier with caution.
vigilance Success in life lies in diligence and vigilance.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
wariness		rising
caution		steady
vigilance		steady
chariness		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: care¹
7 letters: caution²
9 letters: vigilance³, chariness
10 letters: precaution³
11 letters: calculation⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (caution² = 2 syllables).