PROVIDENCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PROVIDENCE?

Need another word that means the same as “providence”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “providence” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Providence” are: capital of rhode island, fate, destiny, nemesis, kismet, god's will, divine intervention, predestination, predetermination, prudence, foresight, forethought, judgement, judiciousness, shrewdness, circumspection, wisdom, sagacity, common sense, precaution, caution, care, carefulness

Providence as a Noun

Definitions of "Providence" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “providence” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University.
• God or nature as providing protective care.
• The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources.
• Timely preparation for future eventualities.
• A manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures.
• The protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power.
• The guardianship and control exercised by a deity.

Synonyms of "Providence" as a noun (23 Words)

capital of rhode island	A seat of government.
care	The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something. He wrote the manual on car care.
carefulness	The quality of being careful and painstaking. I admired the carefulness of his work.
caution	The trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger. You re a caution you are she said.
circumspection	Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. Circumspection is required in the day to day exercise of administrative powers.
common sense	A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
destiny	The hidden power believed to control future events; fate. She was unable to control her own destiny.
divine intervention	A clergyman or other person in religious orders.
fate	The course of someone’s life, or the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control. The guards led her to her fate.
foresight	Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing. He had the foresight to check that his escape route was clear.
forethought	Planning or plotting in advance of acting. Jim had the forethought to book in advance.
god's will	A legal document declaring a person’s wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die.
judgement	The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. That is not in my judgement the end of the matter.
judiciousness	Good judgment.
kismet	The will of Allah. What chance did I stand against kismet.
nemesis	The inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall. Will Harry Potter finally defeat his nemesis Voldemort.
precaution	A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. He put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution.
predestination	Being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind.
predetermination	(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind. He entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong.
prudence	Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. We need to exercise prudence in such important matters.
sagacity	The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating. A man of great political sagacity.
shrewdness	The quality of having or showing good powers of judgement. He is a man of some tactical shrewdness.
wisdom	An Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC. Listen to his words of wisdom.

Usage Examples of "Providence" as a noun

• I live out my life as Providence decrees.
• They found their trust in divine providence to be a source of comfort.
• It was considered a duty to encourage providence.
• Divine providence.

Associations of "Providence" (30 Words)

borough	Each of five divisions of New York City.
city	A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. Ancient Troy was a great city.
constituency	An area whose voters elect a representative to a legislative body. A parliamentary candidate in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency.
county	A sporting team playing for a county. Administration at county level.
district	A division of a county or region that elects its own councillors. An elegant shopping district.
divine	Resulting from divine providence. Divine guidance.
domestic	Converted or adapted to domestic use. Domesticated plants like maize.
downtown	In or into a downtown area. A downtown bar.
enfranchise	Give (a town) the right to be represented in Parliament. Slaves were enfranchised in the mid 19th century.
farsighted	Planning prudently for the future. Large goals that required farsighted policies.
lake	A pool of liquid. The EU wine lake.
limerick	A humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.
local	A local branch of an organization especially a trade union. A local infection.
locality	A surrounding or nearby region. A working class locality.
metropolitan	Relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see. A metropolitan bishop.
miraculous	Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention. A miraculous cure.
municipal	Relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality. International law only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law.
neighborhood	The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of. An ethnic neighborhood.
plan	Make a design of plan out in systematic often graphic form. The plans for City Hall were on file.
populous	Having a large population; densely populated. The populous city of Shanghai.
prospective	Likely to happen at a future date. She showed a prospective buyer around the house.
provincial	An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire. The general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials.
quarter	Display different coats of arms in quarters of a shield especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer s family. He dropped a word in the right quarter.
subdivide	Divide into smaller and smaller pieces. This apartment cannot be subdivided any further.
superhuman	Above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance. Superhuman strength.
town	The particular town under consideration especially one s own town. Churchill was in town.
urban	In, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city. An urban comedy.
ward	The grooves in the bit of a key that correspond to the wards in a lock. I saw them keeping ward at one of those huge gates.
welsh	Fail to honour (a debt or obligation incurred through a promise or agreement. Banks began welshing on their agreement not to convert dollar reserves into gold.
will	Pronounced stressing will indicating annoyance about the habitual behaviour described. You will regret it when you are older.