providence

providence

noun

Definition of PROVIDENCE

1

careful management of material resources <practicing its customary providence, the snowbound family was able to make the meager stores last until help arrived>

Synonyms frugality, husbandry, parsimony, penny-pinching, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift

Related Words conservation, saving; miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess; belt-tightening, retrenchment; discretion, forehandedness, prudence; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance

Near Antonyms extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squandering

Antonyms diseconomy, wastefulness

2

concern or preparation for the future <had the providence to lay in supplies before the storm hit>

Synonyms farsightedness, foresightedness, forethought, prescience, providence, vision

Related Words precaution, premeditation; discernment, discretion, insight, perception, perceptiveness, prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom

Near Antonyms hindsight

Antonyms improvidence, myopia, shortsightedness

3

cap the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe <she trusted in Providence to see her through the crisis>

Synonyms Allah, Almighty, Author, Creator, Divinity, Eternal, Everlasting, Father, God, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker, Providence, Supreme Being, Yahweh (also Jahveh or Yahveh)