Adjective: provident pró-vi-dunt
- Providing carefully for the future
"wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education"
- Making preparations or arrangements for future needs
"Their provident actions ensured the company’s long-term success"
See also: careful, farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foresighted, foresightful, forethoughtful, long, long-sighted [Brit], presbyopic, prospicient, prudent, thrifty
Antonym: improvident
Encyclopedia: Provident