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, economy, scrimping, skimping, thriftRelated Words conservation, saving; miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess; belt-tightening, retrenchment; discretion, forehandedness, prudence; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperanceNear Antonyms extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squanderingAntonyms 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, foresight, visionRelated Words precaution, premeditation; discernment, discretion, insight, perception, perceptiveness, prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdomNear Antonyms hindsightAntonyms 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)