providential
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for providential, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Relating to God's guidance or control over events.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Relating to God's guidance or control over events.
“The same belief underlay the providential view of history, in which the rise and fall of nations appeared as the expression of God's unsearchable purposes.”
2. adj
Happening luckily, as though by divine help.
““Why, Jane,” he cried, “what do you mean? What has our providential rescue to do with altering your feelings toward me? You are but unstrung—tomorrow you will be yourself again.””
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