Synonyms for improvident
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Imprudent — incautious; prone to rashness
imprudent, thriftless, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, short, ill-considered, reckless, careless, loose-handed, lavish, negligent, ill-judged, thoughtless, myopic, short-sighted, profligate, profuse, shiftless, unthrifty, rash, inconsiderate
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Definitions
- adj. 1
incautious; prone to rashness
Related words
- Word family
- improvidence
Example sentences
- extravagant She considered him extravagant with electricity.
- wasteful He understood the negative outcomes of being wasteful.
- imprudent It is very imprudent to swim in the rapids.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| improvident | falling | |
| extravagant | steady | |
| wasteful | falling | |
| imprudent | steady | |
| thriftless | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rash1
- 5 letters
- short1
- 6 letters
- lavish2, myopic3
- 7 letters
- profuse2
- 8 letters
- reckless2, careless2, wasteful2, prodigal3
- 9 letters
- negligent3, imprudent3, shiftless2, unthrifty
- 10 letters
- profligate3, thriftless
- 11 letters
- extravagant4, thoughtless2
- 13 letters
- inconsiderate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lavish2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- imprévoyant