providence

Other forms of providence

plural

providences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about providence

What does providence mean?

providence means "the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in providence?

providence has 3 syllables: pro-vi-dence. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑvədəns/.

What is another word for providence?

Close synonyms include capital of Rhode Island. 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.

What is the opposite of providence?

The recorded antonyms are improvidence.

Is providence a common word?

providence is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.