Definition for Provident:

• Providing for the future; forecasting; prudent; economical.

Synonyms for Provident:

• adj.

  •careful (adjective)
  • fussy,
  • scrupulous,
  • conscientious,
  • circumspect,
  • attentive,
  • sober,
  • heedful,
  • regardful,
  • guarded,
  • thoughtful,
  • meticulous,
  • alert,
  • precise,
  • fastidious,
  • exacting,
  • solid,
  • mindful,
  • observant,
  • thorough,
  • conservative,
  • particular.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • considerate,
  • forethoughtful,
  • watchful,
  • judicious,
  • calculating.
  •clairvoyant (adjective)
  • intuitive,
  • discerning,
  • perceptive,
  • foresighted,
  • prophetic,
  • prognostic,
  • forseeing,
  • second-sighted,
  • insightful,
  • prescient,
  • sagacious,
  • clairvoyant.
  •economical (adjective)
  • penurious,
  • niggardly,
  • penny-wise,
  • unwasteful,
  • Scrimping,
  • thrifty,
  • parsimonious,
  • time-saving,
  • mean,
  • miserly,
  • money-saving,
  • spare,
  • prudential,
  • stingy,
  • Skimping.
  •far-sighted (adjective)
  • acute,
  • sage.
  •frugal (adjective)
  • conserving.
  •provident (adjective)
  • prepared,
  • vigilant.
  •vigilant (adjective)
  • finical,
  • strict,
  • diligent,
  • responsible,
  • ready,
  • sharp-eyed.

• n.

  •
  • scotch,
  • frugal,
  • canny,
  • chary.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tactful,
  • punctilious,
  • assiduous,
  • discreet.
  •
  • thoroughgoing,
  • saving,
  • deliberation,
  • judicial.
  •
  • delicacy,
  • neat.
  •
  • serious.
  •Other relevant words:
  • inchoate,
  • forehanded,
  • Sure-footed,
  • intelligent,
  • reflecting,
  • foresight,
  • Weatherwise,
  • sensible,
  • foreknowledge,
  • active,
  • forethought,
  • sharp,
  • sparingly,
  • circumspection,
  • Precautious,
  • prevision,
  • precision,
  • discreetly,
  • wisdom,
  • longsighted,
  • cogent,
  • moderate,
  • divinatory,
  • foresightful,
  • far-sighted,
  • cautiously,
  • incisive,
  • well-advised,
  • carefulness,
  • prudently,
  • economically,
  • understanding,
  • thriftiness,
  • economy,
  • Labor-saving,
  • reflective,
  • expedient,
  • Economizing,
  • discriminating,
  • vigilantly,
  • politic,
  • prospective,
  • discretion,
  • preliminary,
  • overcautious,
  • preparative,
  • precautional,
  • penny-pinching,
  • penetrating,
  • Foreknowing,
  • Longheaded,
  • judgment,
  • carefully,
  • imaginative,
  • politically,
  • cautiousness,
  • precedent,
  • care,
  • perspicacious,
  • close-fisted,
  • well-judged,
  • frugality,
  • caution,
  • preparatory,
  • cheeseparing,
  • foreseeing,
  • thriftily,
  • circumspectly,
  • prospicient,
  • visionary,
  • precautionary,
  • frugally,
  • prerequisite,
  • cannily,
  • providential,
  • wisely,
  • wise,
  • prudence,
  • trenchant,
  • considerately,
  • judiciously,
  • economic,
  • cheap,
  • Argute,
  • anticipatory,
  • astute,
  • thrift,
  • shrewd,
  • taking care,
  • discriminative,
  • stand,
  • Conservational,
  • Long-sighted,
  • percipient,
  • well-prepared,
  • tight,
  • proactive,
  • enlightened,
  • sagaciously,
  • propaedeutic,
  • precognitive,
  • deliberative,
  • perspicuous,
  • providently,
  • anticipation,
  • hyperopic,
  • provisional,
  • piercing,
  • apperceptive,
  • presbyopic,
  • long,
  • anticipant,
  • appercipient,
  • providence.

Paraphrases for Provident:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    precautionary.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Annuities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    preparedness, anticipation.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    pre-need.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    forethought.

Antonyms for Provident:

• adj.

  • all
    improvident.
  • careful
    incautious, uncareful, inattentive, unconcerned, thoughtless, unscrupulous.
  • cautious
    heedless, unobservant, hasty, rash, imprudent, unguarded.
  • deliberate
    indeterminate, unwitting, chance, unmethodical, unintentional, unsystematic.
  • economical
    expensive, uneconomical.
  • far-sighted
    unthinking, unwise, shortsighted.
  • frugal
    lavish, Spendthrifty, generous.
  • provident
    spendthrift, wasteful, careless.
  • thrifty
    extravagant.
  • Other antonyms:
    freehanded, indulgent, unsparing, bountiful, openhanded, charitable, half-baked, munificent, unselfish, liberal.