Leery
Leery adjective - Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
Trepidatious and leery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trepidatious" instead an adjective "Leery".
Trepidatious
Leery and trepidatious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leery" instead an adjective "Trepidatious".
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Trepidatious and Leery. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/leery/trepidatious
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