Main entry: provident
Definition: providing carefully for the future
Usage: wild squirrels are provident; a provident father plans for his children's education
Antonyms: improvident
Definition: not provident; not providing for the future
Antonyms: short
Definition: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Antonyms: short
Definition: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
Antonyms: short
Definition: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
Antonyms: short
Definition: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
Antonyms: careless
Definition: marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
Antonyms: wasteful
Definition: tending to squander and waste
Antonyms: myopic, nearsighted, shortsighted
Definition: unable to see distant objects clearly
Main entry: provident
Definition: careful in regard to your own interests
Usage: the prudent use and development of resources; wild squirrels are provident
Antonyms: imprudent
Definition: not prudent or wise