What is another word for headlong?
527 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈɛdlɒŋ], [ hˈɛdlɒŋ], [ h_ˈɛ_d_l_ɒ_ŋ]
The word "headlong" refers to something that is done or characterized by rashness or reckless haste. Some synonyms to this word include precipitate, hasty, impetuous, recklessly, rushed, impulsive, sudden, suddenness, abrupt, and swiftly. All of these words describe a sense of urgency or impulsivity when it comes to taking action. In literature, the term "headlong" is commonly used to describe a protagonist who acts without thinking through the consequences of their actions. Other synonyms for this word may include words such as foolish, thoughtless, or careless, all of which describe the same sense of recklessness in what one is doing. Regardless of which synonyms are used, the word "headlong" always conveys a sense of haste and impetuosity.
Synonyms for Headlong:
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a. & adv.
• posthaste -
adj.
• hasty- chop-chop ,
- PDQ ,
- agile ,
- brief ,
- brisk ,
- cursory ,
- eager ,
- expeditious ,
- fiery ,
- fleet ,
- fleeting ,
- harefooted ,
- on the double ,
- passing ,
- perfunctory ,
- pronto ,
- quickened ,
- quickie ,
- rushed ,
- slambang ,
- snappy ,
- superficial ,
- urgent .
- Brazenfaced ,
- Presuming ,
- audacious ,
- bold ,
- cocksure ,
- effervescent ,
- forward ,
- ill-advised ,
- impertinent ,
- impolitic ,
- impudent ,
- indiscreet ,
- maladroit ,
- presumptuous ,
- pushing ,
- tactless ,
- undiplomatic ,
- untactful ,
- uppity ,
- vivacious .
- atrocious ,
- dangerous ,
- determined ,
- devil-may-care ,
- frenzied ,
- furious ,
- hazardous ,
- shocking ,
- venturesome ,
- violent ,
- wild .
- agog ,
- antsy ,
- anxious ,
- appetent ,
- ardent ,
- athirst ,
- avid ,
- breathless ,
- brusque ,
- chafing ,
- choleric ,
- curt ,
- demanding ,
- edgy ,
- feverish ,
- fretful ,
- hot-tempered ,
- indignant ,
- intolerant ,
- irascible ,
- irritable ,
- itchy ,
- keen ,
- quick-tempered ,
- restless ,
- straining ,
- testy ,
- vehement .
- fervid ,
- fierce ,
- impassioned ,
- restive ,
- spontaneous ,
- unbridled ,
- unexpected ,
- unplanned ,
- unrestrained ,
- unthinking .
- high powered ,
- highpressure ,
- in spiring ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in-spiring ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more high pressure ,
- more high-pressure ,
- more highpressure ,
- most high pressure ,
- most high-pressure ,
- most highpressure .
- gone half cocked ,
- gone half-cocked ,
- gone halfcocked ,
- gone off half cocked ,
- gone off halfcocked ,
- harum scarum ,
- jump gun ,
- more unanticipated ,
- most precipitate ,
- most unanticipated ,
- off hip ,
- off the top head ,
- off top head ,
- un anticipated ,
- un controlled ,
- un foreseen ,
- un-anticipated ,
- un-controlled ,
- un-foreseen .
- more near sighted ,
- more near-sighted ,
- most near sighted ,
- most near-sighted ,
- near sighted ,
- short sighted .
- more astigmatic ,
- more imperceptive ,
- more unsagacious ,
- most astigmatic ,
- most imperceptive ,
- most unsagacious ,
- un sagacious ,
- un-sagacious .
- more alacritous ,
- more quick fire ,
- more quick-fire ,
- more quickfire ,
- more rapid fire ,
- more rapid-fire ,
- more rapidfire ,
- more supersonic ,
- more ultrasonic ,
- most alacritous ,
- most quick fire ,
- most quick-fire ,
- most quickfire ,
- most rapid fire ,
- most rapid-fire ,
- most rapidfire ,
- most supersonic ,
- most ultrasonic ,
- quick fire ,
- quickfire ,
- rapid fire ,
- rapidfire ,
- super sonic ,
- super-sonic ,
- ultra sonic .
- more declivitous ,
- more lifted ,
- more prerupt ,
- more straight up ,
- more straight-up ,
- more straightup ,
- most declivitous ,
- most lifted ,
- most prerupt ,
- most straight up ,
- most straight-up ,
- most straightup ,
- straightup .
- fleet footed ,
- fleetfooted ,
- more barrelling ,
- more cracking ,
- more fleet footed ,
- more fleet-footed ,
- more fleetfooted ,
- more screaming ,
- more speedball ,
- most barrelling ,
- most cracking ,
- most fleet footed ,
- most fleet-footed ,
- most fleetfooted ,
- most screaming ,
- most speedball ,
- shaking leg ,
- short lived ,
- shortlived .
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adv.
• helter-skelter- Incontinently ,
- at random ,
- in confusion ,
- incautiously ,
- randomly ,
- unmindfully ,
- Anywise ,
- about ,
- any which way ,
- anyhow ,
- around ,
- cluttered ,
- disorderly ,
- haphazard ,
- hastily ,
- higgledy-piggledy ,
- hit-or-miss ,
- hotfoot ,
- hurriedly ,
- impetuously ,
- irregular ,
- jumbled ,
- muddled ,
- random ,
- recklessly ,
- topsy-turvy ,
- topsyturvy ,
- wildly .
- Pellmell ,
- full tilt ,
- heedlessly ,
- precipitiously ,
- thoughtlessly ,
- in discreetly ,
- in-discreetly ,
- pell mell .
- feverishly ,
- headstrongly ,
- ill-advisedly ,
- inadvisedly ,
- indomitably ,
- irresponsibly ,
- precipitously ,
- unpreparedly ,
- unthinkingly ,
- unwarily ,
- Headily ,
- Precipitantly ,
- precipitately .
- double quick ,
- doublequick ,
- flatout ,
- fleetlier ,
- fleetliest ,
- licketysplit ,
- more directly ,
- more double quick ,
- more double-quick ,
- more doublequick ,
- more flat out ,
- more flat-out ,
- more flatout ,
- more hastily ,
- more speedily ,
- more straightaway ,
- most double quick ,
- most double-quick ,
- most doublequick ,
- most flat out ,
- most flat-out ,
- most flatout ,
- most hastily ,
- most rapidly ,
- most speedily ,
- most straightaway ,
- post haste ,
- promptlier ,
- promptliest ,
- quicklier ,
- quickliest ,
- swiftlier ,
- swiftliest .
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n.
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- straight .
Other synonyms:
- Posthaste ,
- abrupt ,
- already ,
- boldly ,
- brash ,
- down ,
- fast ,
- fast track ,
- fast-paced ,
- fetal position ,
- head first ,
- ill-considered ,
- instant ,
- instantaneous ,
- lightning ,
- now ,
- on-the-spot ,
- outspread ,
- outstretched ,
- poof ,
- prompt ,
- short ,
- straight away ,
- straightaway ,
- suddenly ,
- summarily ,
- summary ,
- swift ,
- temerarious ,
- unconsidered ,
- wham-bam .
- cold ,
- flash ,
- flat ,
- harum-scarum ,
- hotheaded ,
- immediate ,
- immediately ,
- impetuous ,
- impulsive ,
- incautious ,
- madcap ,
- presto ,
- quick ,
- rude ,
- slap ,
- slouch ,
- violently .
- improvident ,
- reckless ,
- right .
- slapdash .
- squat .
Other relevant words:
- rash .
- Barrelling ,
- Imperceptive ,
- Rapid-fire ,
- Sideling ,
- a move on ,
- alacritous ,
- astigmatic ,
- at full tilt ,
- breakneck ,
- cyclonic ,
- dangerously fast ,
- death-defying ,
- declivitous ,
- desperate ,
- dying to ,
- flipper ,
- gone off half-cocked ,
- hasty ,
- having short fuse ,
- head-strong ,
- high speed ,
- high-pressure ,
- highpowered ,
- hot under collar ,
- hotblooded ,
- hottempered ,
- hurried ,
- impatient ,
- like crazy ,
- like mad ,
- move it ,
- near-sighted ,
- off top of head ,
- on pins and needles ,
- passionate ,
- prerupt ,
- quick-fire ,
- self-asserting ,
- shaking a leg ,
- sheer ,
- short-sighted ,
- shortsighted ,
- speedball ,
- speedy ,
- steamed up ,
- steep ,
- straight up ,
- straight-up ,
- sudden ,
- supersonic ,
- the lead out ,
- ultra-sonic ,
- ultrasonic ,
- unanticipated ,
- unforbearing ,
- unpremeditated ,
- unsagacious ,
- without warning ,
- Expeditive ,
- Subitaneous ,
- behaviour ,
- careless ,
- fleet-footed ,
- flip ,
- frantic ,
- going off deep end ,
- harumscarum ,
- headstrong ,
- hectic ,
- heedless ,
- heinous ,
- high pressure ,
- high-speed ,
- in nothing flat ,
- insolent ,
- monstrous ,
- nearsighted ,
- nervy ,
- off the hip ,
- off the top of head ,
- property ,
- quickest ,
- racing one's motor ,
- ripe ,
- risky ,
- scandalous ,
- self-assertive ,
- spur of the moment ,
- spur-of-the-moment ,
- thirsty ,
- tornado ,
- unindulgent ,
- unreflecting .
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How to use "Headlong" in context?
When I was younger, I loved to headlong into new experiences, without stopping to consider the consequences. I was forced to learn how to balance my impulsive nature with common sense, or else find myself in messes I couldn't escape. My experiences have taught me a lot about myself - and, more recently, about others.
A while back, I went on a trip to Japan. I was there for nine months, and during that time I experimented with a lot of new things. I ate strange foods, drank strange drinks, and interacted with people I'd never met before.
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Adjective
hurried, ill-considered, precipitate, rapid, over-hasty.
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