prudence

Other forms of prudence

plural

prudences·

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 prudence

What does prudence mean?

prudence means "discretion in practical affairs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prudence?

prudence has 2 syllables: pru-dence. The stress falls on "pru". In IPA it is /ˈpɹudəns/.

What is another word for prudence?

Close synonyms include discretion, discreetness, circumspection. 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 prudence?

The recorded antonyms are imprudence.

Is prudence a common word?

prudence 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.

What rhymes with prudence?

1 word rhymes with prudence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.