Reverse Dictionary: PRUDENCE

ADJECTIVES
► ADVISEE well advised; discreet, prudent; shrewd, canny → 1400 obs.
► ADVISIVE observant, prudent → 1436 obs.
► AULD-FARRANT of persons and their ways, sayings, etc.: sagacious, prudent, knowing, cunning, clever, witty, ingenious → 1721 Sc.
► BEST-CONSULTED most prudent or best-advised → a1659 obs.
► CANNY knowing, sagacious, judicious, prudent; wary, cautious → 1637 Sc.
► CAUTELOUS cautious, wary, heedful, prudent → 1574 obs.
► DOUCE quiet, sober, sedate; prudent → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FAR-KENNING knowing, prudent, far-seeing → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► FAR-LEUKIT far-seeing, penetrating, prudent → 1787 Sc.
► FAR-SEEN far-seeing, penetrating, prudent → 1785 Sc.
► FOREHANDED foresighted and prudent; thrifty → 1777 US
► HEARTED sagacious, wise, prudent → 1388 obs.
► HEARTY possessed of understanding; wise, prudent, sagacious → 1382 obs.
► HOFUL careful, wary, prudent → 1565 obs.
► HOWE prudent → 950 obs.
► OLD-FARRAND ► OLD-FARRANT knowing, prudent, wise; of children, precocious, grave beyond their years → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OLD-FARRANTLY ► OLD-FARRENDLY knowing, prudent, wise; of children, precocious, grave beyond their years → Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► POLITIC prudent, shrewd, sagacious; said of a person → 1439
► PURVEYABLE provident, foreseeing, prudent → 1425 obs.
► SICKER prudent, careful, esp. with regard to money matters; wary, cautious → c1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► VERTIE careful, cautious, prudent; industrious, wide-awake, eager; attentive to business → 1804 Sc. obs.
► WARE ► WARE AND WISE prudent, sagacious, cunning, skilled → c888 obs.
► WARELY of a person, his actions, etc.: cautious, circumspect, prudent → a900 obs.
► YEPE prudent, wise, sagacious, shrewd, astute → c1000 obs.

ADVERBS
► ADVISEDLY with prudence; wisely, prudently, judiciously → c1386 obs.
► CANNILY sagaciously, skilfully, prudently; cautiously, slyly; gently, softly; comfortably → 1636 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WARELY watchfully, cautiously, circumspectly; prudently → c897 obs.

NOUNS
► ADVICE forethought, prudence, wisdom → 1375 obs.
► ADVISIVENESS thoughtfulness, prudence, discretion → 1436 obs.
► CANNINESS sagacity, skilfulness, prudence, cautiousness; gentleness, quietness → a1662 Sc.
► CARDINAL VIRTUES justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude  → 1340
► SOPHROSYNE soundness of mind, moderation, prudence, self-control → 1889

PHRASES
► ALWAYS REEFER DOWN AND STANDING ON THE INSHORE TACK said of someone much too cautious or prudent → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► KEEP AN EYE TO WINDWARD to be prudent → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)