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Synonyms & Antonyms of leery
feeling or showing a lack of trust in someone or something
- a leery attitude
- She seemed a little leery about the proposal.
- They were leery of their neighbors.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for leery
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for leery
- green,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- naive
- (or naïve),
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- unknowing,
- unsophisticated,
- unworldly,
- wide-eyed
- credulous,
- gullible
- (also gullable),
- trustful,
- trusting,
- uncritical,
- unquestioning
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The first known use of leery was in 1718
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