Conscientious
Conscientious adjective - Guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong.
Leery and conscientious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leery" instead an adjective "Conscientious".
Leery
Leery adjective - Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
Conscientious and leery are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conscientious" instead an adjective "Leery".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- alert and conscientious
- alert and leery
- attentive and conscientious
- attentive and leery
- particular and conscientious
- particular and leery
- considerate and conscientious
- considerate and leery
- thoughtful and conscientious
- thoughtful and leery
- accurate and conscientious
- accurate and leery
- scrupulous and conscientious
- scrupulous and leery
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