Synonyms of the word

wary

• adj. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously…
• adj. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

distrustful

• adj. Marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious.
• adj. Causing or giving rise to distrust.

leery

• adj. Cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

mistrustful

• adj. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.

shy

• adj. Easily frightened; timid.
• adj. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
• adj. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
• adj. (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
• adj. Embarrassed.
• v. (intransitive) To avoid due to timidness or caution.
• v. (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
• v. (transitive) to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
• n. An act of throwing.
• n. A place for throwing.
• n. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
• n. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

suspicious

• adj. Arousing suspicion.
• adj. Distrustful or tending to suspect.
• adj. Expressing suspicion.

untrusting

• adj. Without trust; not inclined to trust.