Meaning & use
prudent with money
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
Careful about how you spend or save money; not wasteful.
Grammar: Used after linking verbs like be, seem, or become; it describes a person's habit.
Patterns
- be prudent with money
- seem prudent with money
- become prudent with money
My grandmother was always prudent with money, saving a little each month.
If you want to buy a house, you need to be prudent with money.
He is prudent with money but generous with his time.
Common combinations
- be prudent with money
- She is prudent with money and never buys things she doesn't need.
- seem prudent with money
- They seem prudent with money, but they also enjoy nice holidays.
- become prudent with money
- After losing his job, he became prudent with money.
- prudent with money and time
- A good manager is prudent with money and time.
Synonyms and how they differ
- frugal
- Frugal often suggests deliberately spending very little, sometimes to the point of being stingy; prudent with money is more neutral and implies good judgment.
- thrifty
- Thrifty means using money and resources carefully, often with a positive tone of being smart; prudent with money focuses on careful decisions.
- economical
- Economical means not spending more than necessary, often used for things as well as people; prudent with money is usually only for people.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: prudent with money or prudish?
prudent with money vs prudish
Prudish means easily shocked by things related to sex or nudity; it is not about money. Prudent means careful and sensible.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'prudent with money' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The phrase follows a linking verb like 'is' and describes the subject; option 0 does this correctly. Option 1 wrongly adds 'to' after the phrase, option 2 omits the verb 'is', and option 3 uses 'regular' instead of the adverb 'regularly'.
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