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provident

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of provident

1 careful in the management of money or resources

  • it is possible to be provident without being miserly
Synonyms of provident

economical, economizing, frugal, scrimping, sparing, thrifty
Words Related to provident

conserving, preserving, saving

forehanded, foresighted, foresightful, prudent

penny-wise

cheap, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, spare, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted
Near Antonyms of provident

improvident, shortsighted

bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing

extravagant, indulgent, lavish
Antonyms of provident

prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful

2 having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future

  • her provident measures kept us safe while we waited out the hurricane
Synonyms of provident

farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughtful, forward, forward-looking, prescient, proactive, visionary
Words Related to provident

careful, cautious, heedful

discerning, insightful, perceptive, percipient, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient, wise
Near Antonyms of provident

careless, heedless, incautious
Antonyms of provident

half-baked, half-cocked, improvident, myopic, shortsighted

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