Prudent

3 definitions found

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

  Prudent \Pru"dent\, a. [L. prudens, -entis, contr. from
     providens: cf. F. prudent. See {Provident}.]
     1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in
        action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically
        wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed
        to {rash}; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by


        prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as,
        prudent behavior.
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              Moses established a grave and prudent law. --Milton.
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     2. Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman;
        prudent expenditure of money.
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     Syn: Cautious; wary; circumspect; considerate; discreet;
          judicious; provident; economical; frugal.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prudent
       adj 1: careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent
              manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation";
              "more prudent to hide than to fight" [ant: {imprudent}]
       2: showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior
          especially in preserving prudent silence; "maintained a
          prudent silence"

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

  126 Moby Thesaurus words for "prudent":
     Argus-eyed, Scotch, advisable, alert, all ears, all eyes,
     anticipant, anticipatory, attentive, aux aguets, bland, canny,
     careful, cautious, chary, cheeseparing, circumspect, clairvoyant,
     conserving, considerate, custodial, deliberate, discerning,
     discreet, discriminating, discriminative, divinatory, eagle-eyed,
     economic, economical, economizing, enlightened, farseeing,
     farsighted, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted,
     forethoughted, forethoughtful, frugal, gentle, gingerly, guarded,
     hawk-eyed, heedful, hesitant, intuitive, judgmatic, judicial,
     judicious, keen-eyed, labor-saving, leaving out nothing, lidless,
     longsighted, mild, mild as milk, mindful, moderate, money-saving,
     noncommittal, nonviolent, observant, on guard, on the lookout,
     on the watch, open-eyed, overlooking no possibility, pacifistic,
     parsimonious, pawky, peaceable, peaceful, penny-wise, politic,
     precognitive, precognizant, prepared, prescient, provident,
     providential, prudential, ready, reasonable, reflecting,
     reflective, regardful, safe, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient,
     saving, scrimping, sensible, sharp-eyed, shrewd, skimping,
     sleepless, slow to act, sober, soft, spare, sparing, tactical,
     tame, temperate, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, thrifty,
     time-saving, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring,
     unenterprising, unprecipitate, unwasteful, vigilant, wary,
     watchful, well-advised, well-judged, wise, with open eyes