providence
God's watchful care
Providence is foresight and prudent care for the future, especially wise provision against want or misfortune: Her providence in saving during good years saw them through the recession.
In religious contexts, providence refers to God's protective guidance and care over creation—the divine force that provides for human needs and directs events: They trusted in providence to see them through.
The word often implies timely or fortunate provision: By some providence, help arrived just when we needed it. (Capitalized Providence is the capital of Rhode Island.)
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
chance · luck · inevitability · doom · lot · omen · prophecy · wheel of fortune
Effortless beauty of motion
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
omniscience · predestination · transcendence · sanctity · holiness · divinity · worship · revelation
Arranging things in advance
- planningArranging for future events
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- thriftCareful use of resources
- frugalityEconomical resource management
savings · stockpiling · forethought · caution · husbandry · stewardship · rainy day · nest egg
Way something faces
- counselExpert guidance offered
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- divine planDeity's intended course
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
leading · orchestration · signs · path · calling · purpose · discernment · enlightenment
Protected place or structure
- refugePlace of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- guardianshipLegal care of another
deliverance · preservation · haven · asylum · defense · custody · shield · harbor
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- fortuneWealth or destiny
karma · chance · luck · inevitability · doom · lot · omen · prophecy · wheel of fortune · augury
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- salvationDeliverance from harm
deity · omniscience · predestination · transcendence · sanctity · holiness · divinity · worship · revelation · theology
preparation
Arranging things in advance
frugality · savings · stockpiling · forethought · caution · husbandry · stewardship · rainy day · nest egg · safekeeping
direction
Way something faces
- counselExpert guidance offered
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- divine planDeity's intended course
intervention · leading · orchestration · signs · path · calling · purpose · discernment · enlightenment
shelter
Protected place or structure
guardianship · deliverance · preservation · haven · asylum · defense · custody · shield · harbor · ward
- foresightforesight, precognition, futurology, forethought, premonition
- croyancescredo, certitude, superstition, miracle
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- fortunelucky, luck, fortune, fate, destiny
- Heavenlycelestial, divine, eternal, paradise, halo
- blessingsblessing, blessing prayer, divine blessing, spiritual gifts, divine favor
providencechance
Likelihood of occurrence
randomness · coincidence · chaos · accident · fate
providenceimprovidence
Lack of foresight
shortsightedness · myopia · wastefulness · extravagance · prodigality
providenceneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · indifference · deprivation · forsaking · desertion
- Divine ProvidenceTheological term for heavenly guidance
- Eye of ProvidenceDivine omniscience emblem
provident, improvident, providential, improvidence, providences