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
- 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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