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Synonyms:
- cautious, forward-looking, organized, forward, foresighted, mindful, prescient, exact, clairvoyant, proactive, exacting, save, precise, diligent, prudent, fastidious, finical, long, economical, prepared, scotch, thorough, study at thrifty, saving, sharp-eyed, insightful, economizing, ready, longsighted, thoughtful, intuitive, forseeing, careful, guarded, scrupulous, methodical, conscientious, judicious, perceptive, canny, particular, prognostic, sparing, scrimping, responsible, discerning, fussy, watchful, alert, forethoughtful, thrifty, frugal, foresightful, attentive, farseeing, regardful, systematic, vigilant, foreseeing, observant, chary, meticulous, sagacious, strict, forehanded, visionary, heedful, second-sighted, painstaking, prophetic, farsighted
Examples:
- - At his own expense he built a substantial mansion at a cost, as it is said, of eight thousand pounds, and with provident care for the health of the European troops, he erected barracks and officers' quarters for the invalids. - "Eight Years' Wandering in Ceylon", Samuel White Baker
- - It was an ideal location for a small rancher, and Hollis observed that the buildings were in order- evidently Nellie Hazelton and her brother were provident. - "The Coming of the Law", Charles Alden Seltzer
- - Like the provident miss she was she turned the wick down after lighting in order that the chimney might heat slowly. - "The Heart of the Range", William Patterson White
Antonyms:
- generous, unselfish, wasteful, myopic, heedless, lavish, munificent, spendthrift, squandering, unthrifty, liberal, shortsighted, unforesightful, unsparing, bountiful, prodigal, openhanded, imprudent, incautious, profligate, extravagant, charitable, thriftless, improvident, freehanded, careless, half-baked, short, unforethoughtful, indulgent
