provident
PROV-ih-duntadjMeaning planning wisely for the future, especially by saving
Memory hook PROVIDE-ent: see winter coming, PROVIDE for it. The squirrel sees winter coming and provides for it, one basket of food at a time. Seeing ahead and saving is being provident.
The provident squirrel buried nuts all autumn and ate well all winter.
In context Her grandfather had been provident, setting aside a little money every month for forty years, so the family did not panic when the factory closed.
Similar prudent, thrifty, farsighted, careful
Opposite improvident, wasteful, shortsighted
From Latin providens, “foreseeing,” from providere, “to see ahead, provide for”: pro (ahead) + videre (to see).