prevenient

1. 1.

   in anticipation

   Synonymsanticipatory

   Similarantecedent

Questions about prevenient

What does prevenient mean?

prevenient means "in anticipation".

How many syllables are in prevenient?

prevenient has 3 syllables: pre-ve-nient. The stress falls on "pre".

What is another word for prevenient?

Close synonyms include anticipatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prevenient a common word?

prevenient is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.