Antonyms for provident

Grammar : Adj

Spell : prov-i-duhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒv ɪ dənt

Definition of provident

Origin : c.1400, from Latin providentem (nominative providens) "foreseeing, prudent," present participle of providere "to foresee" (see provide).

adj careful, frugal

Example sentences :

Mr. Weston had not been a rich man, nor had he been a far-seeing, provident man.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

Some of the provident produced bottles of oil of pennyroyal.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

The squirrel is provident, but no more so than he is fastidious in the choice of his food.
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

It is well to be provident and I'd paid for my meal in more than money.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

However, we are not a provident race, and we are not likely to become one.
Extract from : « Mental Efficiency » by Arnold Bennett

There was in this youth a noiseless sagacity that seemed ever provident for Harold.
Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

One of the prelates said, That even his provident will is not to be resisted.
Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie

The perils of the past two years had made him cool and provident.
Extract from : « In the Morning of Time » by Charles G. D. Roberts

If so, it will be harder for him to be provident, business-like.
Extract from : « What a Young Woman Ought to Know » by Mary Wood-Allen

I venture to call them provident, temperate, and industrious.
Extract from : « A Tramp's Wallet » by William Duthie

Synonyms for provident

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