Unwary

Antonyms for unwary:

wary, attentive, on one's guard, doubting, heedful, observant, considerate, suspicious, skeptical, incredulous, mistrustful, safe, on your guard, mindful, gingerly, upon one's guard, on guard, alert, shy, careful, vigilant, cautious.

Synonyms for unwary:

precipitate

rash.

unready

unprepared.

Other synonyms and related words:

ingenuous, easy, green, innocent, simple, unsafe, unsuspicious, unsophisticated, mindless, susceptible, unknowing, exploitable, heedless, trusting, shortsighted, uncritical, unsuspecting, naive, simpleminded, naif, unprepared, careless, aw-shucks, rash.

credulous (adjective)

green, unsuspicious, uncritical.

foolish (adjective)

shortsighted.

gullible (adjective)

unsuspecting.

inattentive (adjective)

careless.

rash (adjective)

unguarded.

thoughtless, heedless (adjective)

incautious, unprepared, rash, unguarded, unsuspicious, unsuspecting, careless.

unguarded (noun)

careless, unprepared, rash.

unwary (noun)

gullible, unguarded, incautious.

Usage examples for unwary:

• In dark evenings this way into the village was not without its perils, for an unwary traveller might easily step over the edge of the path as he crossed the river and find himself in its muddy bed. - "A Pair of Clogs", Amy Walton.
• Holding out no utopian inducements to catch the unwary, and making no wheedling promises to blind the guileless, it states its great objects with all their great advantages, without at the same time suppressing its enormous and perhaps insuperable difficulties. - "All Around the Moon", Jules Verne.
• The Wild Woodsman, for so the natives called him, took many a shape to trap unwary travellers, and a fair young girl like Martha would be a rich prize for him. - "The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book", Constance Cary Harrison.