'Providential' definitions:
Definition of 'providential'
From: WordNet
adjective
Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery" [syn: heaven-sent, providential, miraculous]
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen
adjective
Resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" [syn: providential, divine]
Definition of 'Providential'
From: GCIDE
- Providential \Prov`i*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. providentiel.] Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape. -- {Prov"i*den"tial*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'providential'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accorded,
- allowed,
- anticipant,
- anticipatory,
- appropriate,
- auspicious,
- befitting,
- benignant,
- bestowed,
- blessed,
- blessed with luck,
- clairvoyant,
- convenient,
- divinatory,
- expedient,
- farseeing,
- farsighted,
- favorable,
- favored,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitting,
- forehanded,
- foreknowing,
- foreseeing,
- foresighted,
- forethoughted,
- forethoughtful,
- fortunate,
- given,
- God-given,
- granted,
- gratuitous,
- happy,
- in luck,
- intuitive,
- kind,
- kindly,
- longsighted,
- lucky,
- meet,
- opportune,
- precognitive,
- precognizant,
- prepared,
- prescient,
- propitious,
- provident,
- prudent,
- ready,
- ripe,
- sagacious,
- seasonable,
- sortable,
- suitable,
- timely,
- vouchsafed,
- well,
- well-timed