What is another word for headlong?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈɛdlɒŋ], [ hˈɛdlɒŋ], [ h_ˈɛ_d_l_ɒ_ŋ]
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.
Paraphrases for Headlong:
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Independent
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Adjective
hurried, ill-considered, precipitate, rapid, over-hasty.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
hasty, overhasty, precipitous.
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Adjective
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