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| 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, immature, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, irrational, madcap, passionate, precipitate, premature, reckless, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, wild, ill-considered, insuppressible, jumping to conclusions, overhasty, precipitant, venturous |
| Notes: | rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, planned, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outbreak of disease or condition |
| Synonyms: | epidemic, eruption, flood, plague, series, spate, succession, wave, breakout, hives, pandemic |
| Main Entry: | adventurous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | daring, risk-taking |
| Synonyms: | audacious, bold, brave, courageous, dangerous, daredevil, enterprising, foolhardy, hazardous, headstrong, intrepid, rash, reckless, risky, temerarious, venturesome, adventuresome, venturous |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, prudent, unadventurous |
| Main Entry: | brash |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impulsive, brazen |
| Synonyms: | audacious, bold, cheeky*, cocksure, cocky*, effervescent, flip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, impudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, insolent, madcap, maladroit, nervy, precipitate, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, rash, reckless, rude, self-assertive, tactless, thoughtless, uppity, vivacious, brazenfaced, self-asserting, undiplomatic, untactful |
| Antonyms: | afraid, careful, cautious, discreet, fearful, reserved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | daring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adventurous |
| Synonyms: | audacious, bold, brassy*, brave, cheeky, cocky, courageous, crusty, fearless, foolhardy, forward, game, gritty, gutsy*, impudent, impulsive, intrepid, nervy, obtrusive, out on a limb*, plucky, rash, reckless, salty*, smart, spunky*, temerarious, valiant, venturesome, adventuresome, fire eating, go for broke, gutty, hot shot, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | afraid, bashful, chicken, cowardly, fearful, meek, shy, timid, unwilling, unadventurous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | epidemic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | widespread disease |
| Synonyms: | contagion, endemic, growth, outbreak, pest, pestilence, plague, rash, scourge, spread, upsurge, wave, what's going around |
| Main Entry: | excitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily upset or inspired |
| Synonyms: | demonstrative, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fidgety, fierce, fiery, hasty, high-strung, hot-tempered, hysterical, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, inflammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, restless, sensitive, skittish, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, agitable, alarmable, galvanic, hot-headed, overzealous, short fused, volcanic |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, insensitive, laid-back, passive, uninspired, easy-going, unexcitable |
| Main Entry: | harebrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, barmy, bizarre, careless, changeable, crazy, dizzy*, empty-headed*, featherbrained*, flighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, half-baked*, heedless, inane, irresponsible, loony*, mindless, preposterous, rash, reckless, scatterbrained*, unstable, unsteady, wacky*, wild, rattlebrained |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, smart, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harum-scarum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reckless |
| Synonyms: | carefree, careless, daring, disorderly, erratic, flighty, foolhardy, giddy, haphazard, hasty, imprudent, irresponsible, negligent, rash, regardless, thoughtless, wild, light-minded, romping, scatty |
| Main Entry: | hasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | speedy; without much thought |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, agile, brash, breakneck*, brief, brisk, careless, cursory, eager, expeditious, fast, fiery, fleet, fleeting, foolhardy, headlong, heedless, hurried, ill-advised, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, incautious, inconsiderate, madcap*, on the double*, passing, perfunctory, precipitate, prompt, pronto*, quick, quickie, rapid, rash, reckless, rushed, short, slapdash*, snappy*, sudden, superficial, swift, thoughtless, urgent, PDQ, chop-chop*, harefooted, quickened, slambang |
| Antonyms: | delayed, lazy, slow, lingering, loitering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | headlong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, reckless |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, brash, breakneck, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, hasty, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, inconsiderate, precipitate, rash, rough, rushing, sudden, tempestuous, thoughtless, precipitant |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, wary, thoughtfully |
| Main Entry: | headstrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded*, contrary, determined, foolhardy, froward, hard-core*, hard-nosed, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, intractable, mulish, murder, obstinate, perverse, pig-headed*, rash, reckless, refractory, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, unyielding, willful, hard-shell, locked-in, mule, self-willed, strong-minded |
| Antonyms: | calm, docile, moderate, obedient, submissive, tolerant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heedless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | daydreaming, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash*, sloppy, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary, asleep at the switch, disregardful, goofing off, irreflective, out to lunch |
| Antonyms: | attentive, careful, cautious, concerned, heedful, observant, thoughtful, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hotheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick-tempered |
| Synonyms: | excitable, explosive, hot-tempered, impetuous, passionate, rash, touchy, volatile, easily provoked, short-fused |
| Main Entry: | ill-advised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwise, not thought out |
| Synonyms: | brash, confused, foolhardy, foolish, half-baked*, hotheaded*, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, madcap*, misguided, off the top of one's head, overhasty, rash, reckless, short-sighted*, thoughtless, unseemly, wrong |
| Antonyms: | reasonable, sensible, well-advised, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impetuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acting without thinking |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, ardent, eager, fervid, fierce, furious, hasty, headlong, hurried, impassioned, impulsive, passionate, precipitate, precipitous, rash, restive, rushing, spontaneous, sudden, swift, unbridled, unexpected, unplanned, unpremeditated, unrestrained, unthinking, vehement, violent, going off deep end, precipitant, spur-of-the-moment, subitaneous, unreflecting |
| Antonyms: | calm, cautious, circumspect, considerate, reflective, sensible, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | impolitic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwise, careless |
| Synonyms: | brash, ill-advised, imprudent, inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, maladroit, misguided, rash, stupid, tactless, untimely, ill-judged, undiplomatic |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, discreet, politic, wise |
| Main Entry: | imprudent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without much thought |
| Synonyms: | brash, careless, foolhardy, foolish, heedless, ill-advised, impolitic, improvident, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, irresponsible, rash, reckless, temerarious, thoughtless, unthinking, unwise, ill-considered, ill-judged, leaving self wide open, off the deep end, overhasty, playing with fire, unadvisable |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, discreet, prudent, wise |
| Main Entry: | impulsive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tending to act without thought |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, ad-lib*, automatic, careless, devil-may-care*, emotional, extemporaneous, flaky*, hasty, headlong, impetuous, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, mad, offhand, passionate, precipitate, quick, rash, spontaneous, sudden, swift, unexpected, unpredictable, unpremeditated, up-and-down*, violent, gone off deep end, hot-and-cold, jumping the gun, unconsidered, unmeditated, unprompted, winging it |
| Antonyms: | cautious, considering, heedful, thoughtful, wise, premeditative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inadvisable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not recommended |
| Synonyms: | careless, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained*, ill-advised, impolitic, improper, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconvenient, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, pointless, rash, undesirable, unsuitable, unwise, wrong, unsensible |
| Antonyms: | advisable, good, recommended, wise, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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