Associations to the word «Prudent»
Noun
- Endeavour
- Investing
- Scruple
- Gentle
- Judgment
- Render
- Generosity
- Hearer
- Eminence
- Richelieu
- Fortune
- Prejudice
- Hazard
- Enough
- Virtue
- Danger
- Restraint
- Pretence
- Esteem
- Pompey
- Openness
- Rascal
- Retreat
- Continuance
- Uniting
- Entreaty
- Undertaking
- Expose
- Confessor
- Displeasure
- Majesty
- Albans
- Propriety
- Recourse
- Inclination
- Nay
- Hereafter
- Cask
- Necessity
- Madge
- Loving
- Risk
- Opinion
- Deliberation
- Temper
- Tranquillity
- Gonzalo
- Waverley
- Safe
- Statesman
- Matron
- Sulla
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRUDENT, adjective. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; careful, discreet, sensible; -- opposed to rash; directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence;
PRUDENT, adjective. Practically wise, judicious, shrewd
PRUDENT, adjective. Frugal; economical; not extravagant;
PRUDENT MAN RULE, noun. (legal) (investment) A standard for the duty of a fiduciary with responsibility over investments.
PRUDENT MAN RULES, noun. Plural of prudent man rule
Dictionary definition
PRUDENT, adjective. Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.