Prudence
Old-fashioned girl's name
Prudence is careful, practical wisdom—the quality of thinking ahead and avoiding unnecessary risks.
A person with prudence considers consequences before acting: Prudence dictated that we save some money for emergencies.
The word has an old-fashioned ring, though the virtue remains valued.
As a name, Prudence was once common among English Puritans.
She showed prudence in not confronting him publicly.
Accumulated money kept
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- thriftCareful use of resources
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
planning · retirement · nest egg · rainy day · economy · austerity · conservation · stewardship
Careful attention to risk
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
circumspection · sagacity · discernment · temperance · moderation · restraint · thoughtfulness · carefulness
savings
Accumulated money kept
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- thriftCareful use of resources
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
investment · planning · retirement · nest egg · rainy day · economy · austerity · conservation · stewardship · management
caution
Careful attention to risk
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
deliberation · circumspection · sagacity · discernment · temperance · moderation · restraint · thoughtfulness · carefulness · wariness
cardinal
Of foremost importance
- AquinasScholastic philosopher-theologian surname
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- moralConcerning right conduct
ethics · character · righteousness · integrity · conscience · principle · rectitude · goodness · classical · philosophy
Victorian
Of a prim era
prim · proper · modest · old-fashioned · genteel · ladylike · demure · spinster · governess · nickname
- Old-Fashioned NamesMildred, Gertrude, Ethel, Edna, Bertha
- personificationsMother Nature, Father Time, Grim Reaper, Lady Luck, Lady Justice
- Virtue NamesChastity, Constance, Faith, Felicity, Fidelity
- Tudor NamesAgnes, Alice, Anne, Bridget, Catherine
- Saint NamesAgatha, Agnes, Ambrose, Andrew, Anthony
- Transcendentalist WorksSelf-Reliance, Walden, Brahma, Transcendentalism
Prudencerecklessness
Careless disregard for danger
rashness · imprudence · carelessness · heedlessness · thoughtlessness
Prudencefolly
Absence of good judgment
foolishness · stupidity · foolhardiness · idiocy · senselessness
Prudenceextravagance
Excessive, wasteful spending
excess · profligacy · wastefulness · prodigality · improvidence
- Dear PrudenceAdvice column persona
- financial prudenceCareful management of money
prudent, prudently, imprudent, imprudence, imprudently, jurisprudence