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Synonyms of prudence in English:

prudence


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noun

1‘foresters argue about the prudence of drastic thinning’

SYNONYMS
wisdom, judgement, good judgement, judiciousness, sagacity, shrewdness, advisability, common sense, sense
ANTONYMS

folly

2‘an elder counselled prudence’

SYNONYMS
caution, cautiousness, care, carefulness, canniness, chariness, wariness, circumspection
far-sightedness, foresight, forethought
discretion
ANTONYMS

recklessness

3‘thanks to his father's prudence, a fortune was made’

SYNONYMS
thrift, thriftiness, providence, good management, careful budgeting, economy, canniness, frugality, abstemiousness
North American forehandedness
rare sparingness