What does provident mean?
Word: Provident
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Provident means careful to save money or supplies now so that you will have enough in the future.
Synonyms: thrifty, prudent, careful
Antonyms: improvident
How do you spell provident?
Syllables: prov - i - dent
Tricky part: The ending is -ent, not -ant: providant is the usual slip.
Watch out for: providant, providint
Memory tip: A provident person is prudent, and the two words end the same way: -ent.
Provident in a sentence
Example 1: The provident squirrel buried acorns all through autumn.
Example 2: My grandmother was provident and kept a jar of coins for emergencies.
Example 3: A provident farmer stores seed for next season before selling his crop.
Fun Fact
Many countries run provident or pension funds that set aside part of a worker's salary every month so that it can be used later in life.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Puzzle
Match each word in 1-3 with a word in A-C:
1. provident 2. cheerful 3. timid A. gloomy B. bold C. wasteful
a) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C
b) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B
c) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B
d) 1-C, 2-B, 3-A
Show answer
b) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B. This is an opposites set: provident and wasteful, cheerful and gloomy, timid and bold.
Spellacadabra
Choose the misspelt word:
a) innocent
b) different
c) provedent
d) obedient
Show answer
c) provedent. Obedient, innocent and different are correct; the vowel after prov in provident is i.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. province 2. provident 3. proverb 4. provide
a) 3412
b) 2341
c) 3421
d) 4321
Show answer
c) 3421. After prov come e, i, i and i; proverb goes first, then provide, provident and province by their later letters.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 V I D N O T E P R
a) 8 9 5 1 3 2 7 4 6
b) 8 9 5 1 2 3 7 4 6
c) 8 9 5 1 2 3 4 7 6
d) 8 5 9 1 2 3 7 4 6
Show answer
b) 8 9 5 1 2 3 7 4 6. Letters 8, 9, 5, 1, 2, 3, 7, 4 and 6 give p, r, o, v, i, d, e, n, t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Choose the provident thing to do.
a) saving part of your pocket money each week
b) lending your bike to a stranger
c) throwing away old notebooks
d) spending all your money on the first day
Show answer
a) saving part of your pocket money each week
2. Ants are often called provident in stories. Why?
a) they live underground
b) they store food before winter
c) they are red or black
d) they are very tiny
Show answer
b) they store food before winter
