FromMiddle English prudent Old French prudent Latin prūdēns prōvidēns ( “ foresight ” ) (English providence prōvideō ( “ I forsee ” ) . Unrelated toprude Doublet ofprovident
prudent (comparative moreprudent ,superlative mostprudent )
Sagacious in adapting means to ends;circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct.Synonyms: careful considerate discreet see also Thesaurus:cautious 1864 Around the World in 80 Days [2] the original on12 April 2012 :He did not hesitate what to do. It would beprudent to continue on to Omaha, for it would be dangerous to return to the train, which the Indians might still be engaged in pillaging.
1643 John Milton ,Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce :Moses established a grave andprudent law.
Practicallywise ,judicious ,shrewd .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wise Hisprudent career moves reliably brought him to the top.
2025 March 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Remembering Brunel's timber viaducts”, inRAIL , number1030 , page60 :The history of cast iron in railway bridges is much more grimly chequered. Brunel's misgivings were provedprudent , tragically, in the 1879 failure of Thomas Bouch's Tay bridge (once a monument to cast iron, now a memorial to many lives lost).
Frugal ,economical .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frugal Antonym: extravagant Onlyprudent expenditure may provide quality within a restrictive budget.
sagacious in adapting means to ends
Arabic:حَرِيص ( ḥarīṣ ) ,حَكِيم (ar) ( ḥakīm ) Egyptian Arabic:حريص ( ḥarīṣ ) Bulgarian:предпазлив (bg) ( predpazliv ) ,благоразумен (bg) ( blagorazumen ) Catalan:prudent (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:謹慎 / 谨慎 (zh) ( jǐnshèn ) ,慎重 (zh) ( shènzhòng ) Danish:fornuftig (da) ,tilrådelig (da) Dutch:voorzichtig (nl) ,omzichtig (nl) ,vooruitziend (nl) ,prudent (nl) Esperanto:prudenta (eo) Finnish:harkitsevainen (fi) ,varovainen (fi) ,viisas (fi) French:prudent (fr) Galician:prudente (gl) Georgian:გონივრული ( gonivruli ) ,გონებადამჯდარი ( gonebadamǯdari ) ,წინდახედული ( c̣indaxeduli ) German:umsichtig (de) ,vorsichtig (de) Greek:Ancient Greek:φρόνιμος ( phrónimos ) ,( Epic ) πινυτός ( pinutós ) ,ἔμφρων ( émphrōn ) ,εὔβουλος ( eúboulos ) Italian:prudente (it) Japanese:慎重 (ja) ( しんちょう, shinchō ) Latin:prūdens cordātus Macedonian:пре́тпазлив ( prétpazliv ) ,благора́зумен ( blagorázumen ) ,ра́судлив ( rásudliv ) Māori:matawhāiti Norwegian:Bokmål:aktsom (no) Occitan:prudent (oc) Polish:przezorny (pl) Portuguese:prudente (pt) Russian:рассуди́тельный (ru) ( rassudítelʹnyj ) ,благоразу́мный (ru) ( blagorazúmnyj ) ,осторо́жный (ru) ( ostoróžnyj ) Scottish Gaelic:glic Spanish:prudente (es) Swedish:förtänksam (sv) Turkish:ihtiyatlı (tr) ,tedbirli (tr) ,sakıngan (tr) ,önlemli sakıntılı (tr)
practically wise, judicious, shrewd
—see also prudential Bulgarian:разсъдлив (bg) ( razsǎdliv ) ,пресметлив (bg) ( presmetliv ) Dutch:slim (nl) ,sluw (nl) ,beredeneerd (nl) ,doordacht (nl) Esperanto:prudenta (eo) Galician:prudente (gl) Georgian:გონივრული ( gonivruli ) ,გონებადამჯდარი ( gonebadamǯdari ) ,წინდახედული ( c̣indaxeduli ) Latin:prūdens Macedonian:ра́судлив ( rásudliv ) ,пре́сметлив ( présmetliv ) ,и́тар ( ítar ) Māori:matawhāiti Polish:roztropny (pl) Portuguese:prudente (pt) Russian:проница́тельный (ru) ( pronicátelʹnyj ) Sanskrit:कवि (sa) ( kavi ) Scottish Gaelic:glic Spanish:prudente (es) ,criterioso ( South America ) ,cauto (es) Swedish:slug (sv) ,klok (sv) Tocharian B:imassu Turkish:ihtiyatlı (tr) ,tedbirli (tr)
frugal; economical; not extravagant
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Borrowed fromLatin prūdentem
prudent m or f masculine and feminine plural prudents
prudent “prudent ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “prudent ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2026 “prudent” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“prudent” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.Learned borrowing fromLatin prūdēns
prudent (feminine prudente masculine plural prudents feminine plural prudentes
prudent ,careful ,cautious Antonym: imprudent FromLatin prūdēns [ 1]
prudent m feminine singular prudenta masculine plural prudents feminine plural prudentas
prudent Antonym: imprudent ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana [1] 2008-2025 , page528 Joan de Cantalausa (2006 ),Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians [3] →ISBN 789 Borrowed fromFrench prudent
prudent m or n feminine singular prudentă masculine plural prudenți feminine/neuter plural prudente
prudent careful ,cautious Synonyms: precaut atent îngrijit 
