mistrustful vs leery

mistrustful and leery both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mistrustful	No	Yes	No	No
leery	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, mistrustful and leery are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of mistrustful include suspicious, untrusting, wary.

mistrustful (adjective)	leery (adjective)
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide	openly distrustful and unwilling to confide