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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

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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