Provident

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Provident \Prov"i*dent\, a. [L. providens, -entis, p. pr. of
     providere: cf. F. provident. See {Provide}, and cf.
     {Prudent}.]
     Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent
     in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; --
     sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal


     provident of the future.
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           And of our good and of our dignity,
           How provident he is.                     --Milton.
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     Syn: Forecasting; cautious; careful; prudent; frugal;
          economical.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  provident
       adj 1: providing carefully for the future; "wild squirrels are
              provident"; "a provident father plans for his
              children's education" [ant: {improvident}]
       2: careful in regard to your own interests; "the prudent use
          and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are
          provident"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "provident":
     Scotch, acute, anticipant, anticipatory, apperceptive,
     appercipient, argute, astute, canny, careful, cautious, chary,
     cheeseparing, circumspect, clairvoyant, cogent, conserving,
     considerate, discerning, discreet, discriminating, discriminative,
     divinatory, economic, economical, economizing, enlightened,
     farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing,
     foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, frugal, incisive,
     intuitive, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, labor-saving,
     longheaded, longsighted, money-saving, parsimonious, penetrating,
     penny-wise, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous,
     piercing, politic, precautional, precautionary, precautious,
     precognitive, precognizant, preparative, preparatory, prepared,
     prerequisite, prescient, propaedeutic, providential, provisional,
     prudent, prudential, ready, reflecting, reflective, sagacious,
     sage, saving, scrimping, shrewd, skimping, spare, sparing,
     thoughtful, thrifty, time-saving, trenchant, understanding,
     unwasteful, vigilant, wary, well-advised, well-judged, wise