 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
prudent
adjective
1: careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent
manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation";
"more prudent to hide than to fight" [ant: {imprudent}]
2: showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior
especially in preserving prudent silence; "maintained a
prudent silence"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prudent \Pru"dent\, adjective [L. prudens, -entis, contr. from
providens: cf. F. prudent. See {Provident}.]
1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in
action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically
wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed
to {rash}; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by
prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as,
prudent behavior.
Moses established a grave and prudent law. --Milton.
2. Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman;
prudent expenditure of money.
Syn: Cautious; wary; circumspect; considerate; discreet;
judicious; provident; economical; frugal.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "prudent":
Argus-eyed, Scotch, advisable, alert, all ears, all eyes,
anticipant, anticipatory, attentive, aux aguets, bland, canny,
careful, cautious, chary, cheeseparing, circumspect, clairvoyant,
conserving, considerate, custodial, deliberate, discerning,
discreet, discriminating, discriminative, divinatory, eagle-eyed,
economic, economical, economizing, enlightened, farseeing,
farsighted, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted,
forethoughted, forethoughtful, frugal, gentle, gingerly, guarded,
hawk-eyed, heedful, hesitant, intuitive, judgmatic, judicial,
judicious, keen-eyed, labor-saving, leaving out nothing, lidless,
longsighted, mild, mild as milk, mindful, moderate, money-saving,
noncommittal, nonviolent, observant, on guard, on the lookout,
on the watch, open-eyed, overlooking no possibility, pacifistic,
parsimonious, pawky, peaceable, peaceful, penny-wise, politic,
precognitive, precognizant, prepared, prescient, provident,
providential, prudential, ready, reasonable, reflecting,
reflective, regardful, safe, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient,
saving, scrimping, sensible, sharp-eyed, shrewd, skimping,
sleepless, slow to act, sober, soft, spare, sparing, tactical,
tame, temperate, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, thrifty,
time-saving, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring,
unenterprising, unprecipitate, unwasteful, vigilant, wary,
watchful, well-advised, well-judged, wise, with open eyes
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