PROVIDENCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Providence mean?
• PROVIDENCE (noun)
The noun PROVIDENCE has 4 senses:
1. the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
2. the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
3. a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
4. the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
Familiarity information: PROVIDENCE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PROVIDENCE (noun)
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Rhode Island; Providence
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Holonyms ("Providence" is a part of...):
Little Rhody; Ocean State; Rhode Island; RI (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state)
Meaning:
The guardianship and control exercised by a deity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
divine providence
Hypernyms ("providence" is a kind of...):
care; charge; guardianship; tutelage (attention and management implying responsibility for safety)
Meaning:
A manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("providence" is a kind of...):
circumstances; destiny; fate; fortune; lot; luck; portion (your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you))
Meaning:
The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("providence" is a kind of...):
prudence (discretion in practical affairs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "providence"):
foresight; foresightedness; foresightfulness (providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future)
Antonym:
improvidence (a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources)
