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, 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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1. Alford:

   Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.

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. Democritus:

   Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

4. Alireza Salehi Nejad:

   Truth itself is the best prudence.

5. John Bolton:

   Neither Iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness. No one has granted them a hunting license in the Middle East.