adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to divine providence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
providential
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/
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CMU ARPABET: P R AA2 V AH0 D EH1 N SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heaven-sent, fortunate, lucky, serendipitous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
relating to or characteristic of providence- M.R.Cohen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a heaven-sent rain saved the crops
- a providential recovery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heaven-sent, miraculous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
resulting from divine providence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- providential care
- a providential visitation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divine
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin prōvidēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin prōvidentia English -al English providential From Latin prōvidentia (“providence”) + English -al.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: providencia — fortunate
- Finnish: onnekas — fortunate
- Finnish: onnellinen — fortunate
- French: providentiel — fortunate
- Galician: providencial — fortunate
- Italian: provvidenziale — fortunate
- Manx: ard-chiarailagh — fortunate
- Spanish: providencial — fortunate