Synonyms for PRUDENCE
ˈprud nspru·dence

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1. prudencenoun

   Synonyms:
   forecast, providence, caution, discretion, considerateness, circumspection, judgment, judiciousness, wisdom

   Antonyms:
   rashness, recklessness, imprudence

2. prudencenoun

   The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

   Synonyms:
   circumspection, forecast, discretion, wisdom, considerateness, judiciousness, judgment, providence, caution

   Antonyms:
   imprudence, recklessness, rashness

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1. prudence

   Prudence may be briefly defined as good judgment and foresight, inclining to caution and frugality in practical affairs. Care may respect only the present; prudence and providence look far ahead and sacrifice the present to the future, prudence watching, saving, guarding, providence planning, doing, preparing, and perhaps expending largely to meet the future demand. Frugality is in many cases one form of prudence. In a besieged city prudence will reduce the rations, providence will strain every nerve to introduce supplies and to raise the siege. Foresight merely sees the future, and may even lead to the recklessness and desperation to which prudence and providence are so strongly opposed. Forethought is thinking in accordance with wise views of the future, and is nearly equivalent to providence, but it is a more popular and less comprehensive term; we speak of man's forethought, God's providence. Compare CARE; FRUGALITY; WISDOM.

   Synonyms:
   care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, consideration, discretion, forecast, foresight, forethought, frugality, judgment, judiciousness, providence, wisdom

   Antonyms:
   folly, heedlessness, improvidence, imprudence, indiscretion, prodigality, rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, wastefulness

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1. prudencenoun

   discretion in practical affairs

   Synonyms:
   discretion, circumspection, discreetness

   Antonyms:
   imprudence

2. discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudencenoun

   knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

   "the servants showed great tact and discretion"

   Synonyms:
   discreetness, circumspection, free will, delicacy, diplomacy, discretion, prudence, caution, finesse, discernment

   Antonyms:
   imprudence

Matched Categories

1. • Discretion
   • Natural Virtue

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1. prudencenoun

   Synonyms:
   discretion (accompanied with forecast), caution, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, common sense, judiciousness, judgment, wisdom (applied to the ordinary affairs of life), sense, tact, GUMPTION, ballast

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1. prudencenoun

   Synonyms:
   discretion, caution

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1. List of paraphrases for "prudence":

   caution, cautiousness, wisdom, precaution, circumspection, prudent, prudential, care, cautious, careful

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How to use PRUDENCE in a sentence?

1. Mark Twain:

   It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

2. Niccolò Machiavelli:

   I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.

3. Nicolas Chamfort:

   Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists.

4. Mark Twain:

   In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.

5. Anonymous:

   Whatever you undertake, act with prudence, and consider the consequences.