Synonyms for providential
- adjective
Most common
heaven-sent charmed fortuitous serendipitous divine miraculous
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Fortunate — fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence
fortunate, heaven-sent, fortuitous, serendipitous, lucky, happy, charmed
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence.
Related words
- Word family
- providentially providence
Example sentences
- charmed Everybody at the party was charmed with her grace.
- fortuitous How fortuitous that you were there on the same night!
- serendipitous One's spirituality is a long serendipitous journey.
- divine His pneumonia was cured through a divine miracle.
- miraculous Muslims believe in the miraculous birth of Jesus.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| providential | rising | |
| charmed | rising | |
| fortuitous | falling | |
| serendipitous | rising | |
| divine | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- happy2, lucky2
- 6 letters
- divine2
- 7 letters
- charmed1
- 9 letters
- fortunate3
- 10 letters
- miraculous4, fortuitous4
- 13 letters
- serendipitous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- providentiel
- Italiano
- provvidenziale