| Main Entry: | precipitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rash |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, ill-considered, immature, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitate, premature, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, thoughtless, unconsidered, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild |
| Main Entry: | precipitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt |
Synonyms: |
hasty, hurried, jerky, precipitate, precipitous, quick*, rushing, sudden, surprising, unanticipated, unceremonious, unexpected, unforeseen |
| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sooner than expected |
Synonyms: |
advanced, ahead of time, anticipative, anticipatory, before appointed time, beforehand, direct, immature, immediate, matinal, on short notice, on the dot, overearly, oversoon, preceding, precipitant, precocious, preexistent, premature, previous, prompt, pronto, punctual, quick, seasonable, soon, speedy, unanticipated, unexpected, untimely |
Antonyms: |
later |
| Main Entry: | headlong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, reckless |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, brash, breakneck, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, hasty, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, inconsiderate, precipitant, precipitate, rash, rough, rushing, sudden, tempestuous, thoughtless |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, thoughtfully, wary |
| Main Entry: | hurried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick, rushed |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, breakneck, brief, cursory, fast, hasty, headlong, hectic, impetuous, perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rushing, short, slapdash, speedy, subitaneous, sudden, superficial, swift |
Antonyms: |
easily, leisurely, slow, unhurried, unrushed |
| Main Entry: | impetuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acting without thinking |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, ardent, eager, fervid, fierce, furious, going off deep end, hasty, headlong, hurried, impassioned, impulsive, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rash, restive, rushing, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, subitaneous, sudden, swift, unbridled, unexpected, unplanned, unpremeditated, unreflecting, unrestrained, unthinking, vehement, violent |
Antonyms: |
calm, cautious, circumspect, considerate, reflective, sensible, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | precipitous/precipitate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast, sudden; impulsive; initial |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, breakneck, brief, frantic, gone off half-cocked, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, heedless, hurried, ill-advised, impatient, impetuous, indiscreet, jump the gun, madcap, off the hip, off the top of head, plunging, precipitant, quick, rapid, rash, reckless, refractory, rushing, subitaneous, swift, unanticipated, uncontrolled, unexpected, unforeseen, violent, willful, without warning |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, slow |
| Main Entry: | rash |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, impulsive |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, ill-considered, immature, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, premature, reckless, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild |
| Notes: | rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, planned, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | sudden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unexpected; happening quickly |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, accelerated, acute, expeditious, fast, flash, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impromptu, impulsive, out of the blue, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, quickened, rapid, rash, rushing, spasmodic, speeded, subito, swift, unforeseen, unusual |
Antonyms: |
expected, slow |
| Main Entry: | ill-considered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rash |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, immature, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, premature, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, thoughtless, unconsidered, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild |