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Pronunciation:
[ ɪmpˈʌlsɪv], [ ɪmpˈʌlsɪv], [ ɪ_m_p_ˈʌ_l_s_ɪ_v]
Related words: impulsive behavior, impulsive disorder, impulsive shopping, impulse buying, impulse control disorder, impulse eating, compulsive buying
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Similar words for impulsive:
- adventurous (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- automatic (adjective)
- capricious (adjective)
- casual (adjective)
- changeable (adjective)
- daring (adjective)
- disobedient (adjective)
- emotional (adjective)
- excitable (adjective)
- fanatical (adjective)
- fickle (adjective)
- fiery (adjective)
- fitful (adjective)
- flighty (adjective)
- hasty (adjective)
- headstrong (adjective)
- idealistic (adjective)
- ill-considered (adjective)
- impetuous (adjective)
- impulsive (adjective)
- incautious (adjective)
- inconstant (adjective)
- indocile (adjective)
- injudicious (adjective)
- instinctive (adjective)
- involuntary (adjective)
- irresolute (adjective)
- mercurial (adjective)
- momentary (adjective)
- moody (adjective)
- motiveless (adjective)
- naive (adjective)
- natural (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- overenthusiastic (adjective)
- passionate (adjective)
- quick-tempered (adjective)
- rampant (adjective)
- rash (adjective)
- sudden (adjective)
- surprising (adjective)
- tending to act without thought (adjective)
- thoughtless (adjective)
- unconsidered (adjective)
- unexpected (adjective)
- unguarded (adjective)
- unrehearsed (adjective)
- unruly (adjective)
- unscientific (adjective)
- unthinking (adjective)
- very fast (adjective)
- whirlwind (adjective)
- ad libitum (adjective, adverb)
- ad libitum (adverb)
- ad libitum (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- arbitrary (noun)
- dynamic (noun)
- dynamical (noun)
- impetuous (noun)
- impulsive (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- insistent
Synonyms for Impulsive:
adj.
• adventurous (adjective) • all (adjective) • automatic (adjective) • capricious (adjective)- random,
- fickle,
- flaky,
- up and down,
- mutable,
- fleeting,
- Flitting,
- indecisive,
- fluctuating,
- notional,
- fly-by-night,
- erratic,
- Humorsome,
- sporadic,
- flighty,
- any way the wind blows,
- frivolous,
- quirky,
- yo-yo,
- temperamental,
- volatile,
- fanciful,
- scatterbrained,
- vacillating,
- wayward,
- YOYO,
- oddest,
- Vagarious,
- changeful.
- in frequent,
- un planned,
- in-frequent,
- irregular,
- un foreseen,
- un premeditated,
- un-foreseen,
- un-premeditated,
- offhand,
- more serendipitous,
- most serendipitous,
- un-planned.
- commutative,
- revocable,
- unsteady,
- reversible,
- shifting,
- inconstant,
- transitional,
- Permutable,
- transformable.
- guttier,
- salty,
- guttiest,
- in-trepid,
- in trepid,
- fearless,
- most intrepid,
- out a limb,
- smartalecky,
- fire eating,
- out limb.
- edgy,
- Agitable,
- high-strung,
- tempestuous,
- touchy,
- cranky,
- ardent,
- irritable,
- volcanic,
- Hot-headed,
- short fused,
- brittle,
- sensitive,
- hottempered,
- overzealous,
- excitable,
- nervous,
- galvanic,
- explosive,
- hot-tempered,
- combustible,
- Alarmable,
- short-tempered,
- over-zealous,
- fragile,
- fidgety,
- stormy,
- crusty.
- in corrigible,
- more monomaniacal,
- narrow minded,
- obsessive,
- de-voted,
- most bugged,
- most obsessive,
- nuts for,
- more bugged,
- opinionated,
- monomaniacal,
- more obsessive,
- mono maniacal,
- narrowminded,
- most monomaniacal,
- in-corrigible,
- mono-maniacal,
- single minded,
- de voted.
- in-flamed,
- in tenser,
- in flamed,
- more flaring,
- un-restrained,
- more ignited,
- most flaring,
- in-tensest,
- in-tense,
- more igneous,
- most precipitate,
- most igneous,
- ignited,
- in-tenser,
- most ignited,
- more aflame,
- in tense,
- most alight,
- more alight,
- most aflame,
- flickering.
- re-current,
- most spastic,
- most on-again-off-again,
- more on-again-off-again,
- more on again off again,
- most on again off again,
- bits pieces,
- most herkyjerky,
- most herky-jerky,
- herky jerky,
- re current,
- more spastic,
- herkyjerky,
- most herky jerky,
- more herky jerky,
- more herkyjerky,
- more herky-jerky.
- more bubbleheaded,
- most bubbleheaded,
- more dingbat,
- empty headed,
- most airheaded,
- most dingbat,
- most dingdong,
- un-balanced,
- more airheaded,
- more dingdong,
- more twit,
- most twit.
- more lockedin,
- in-tractable,
- most locked-in,
- strongminded,
- most lockedin,
- un controllable,
- in tractable,
- pig headed,
- most strong minded,
- un yielding,
- more strong minded,
- head strong,
- muler,
- more strong-minded,
- most self-willed,
- more self willed,
- headstrong,
- strong minded,
- most murder,
- more strongminded,
- hardshell,
- most strong-minded,
- un-controllable,
- un-yielding,
- most selfwilled,
- more locked in,
- self willed,
- un governable,
- more hard nosed,
- selfwilled,
- lockedin,
- most strongminded,
- mulest,
- un-governable,
- hard-nosed,
- most locked in,
- more murder,
- more selfwilled,
- more self-willed,
- most self willed,
- more locked-in,
- hard nosed.
- harum scarum,
- most overhasty,
- un-wariest,
- pre mature,
- illconsidered,
- ill-considered,
- jumping to conclusions,
- pre maturer,
- in suppressible,
- over-hasty,
- pre-mature,
- un wary,
- pre-maturer,
- in-suppressible,
- un warier,
- more overhasty,
- jumping conclusions,
- harumscarum,
- most insuppressible,
- pre maturest,
- ill considered,
- un-wary,
- un-warier,
- pre-maturest,
- un wariest,
- more insuppressible.
- unreflecting,
- most subitaneous,
- most unreflecting,
- more unreflecting,
- spur-of-the-moment,
- going deep end,
- un reflecting,
- going off deep end,
- un-bridled,
- un-reflecting,
- un bridled,
- Subitaneous,
- more subitaneous.
- more foot in mouth,
- devil may care,
- in-cautious,
- most unwatchful,
- most foot in mouth,
- un alert,
- un vigilant,
- most foot-in-mouth,
- more fast-and-loose,
- sticking one neck out,
- most ill-judged,
- more ill judged,
- sticking neck out,
- most fast-and-loose,
- in-discreet,
- most illjudged,
- most unvigilant,
- in cautious,
- more ill-judged,
- un-alert,
- most unalert,
- un-vigilant,
- ill judged,
- un-mindful,
- more illjudged,
- more foot-in-mouth,
- more fast and loose,
- un-watchful,
- more unalert,
- most fast and loose,
- foot in mouth,
- in discreet,
- un watchful,
- sticking one's neck out,
- most ill judged,
- illjudged,
- more unvigilant,
- more unwatchful,
- sticking ones neck out.
- more waffling,
- un-dependable,
- in-consistent,
- un dependable,
- most waffling,
- in consistent,
- in constant,
- in-constant.
- most second-nature,
- more second-nature,
- by seat of one pants,
- in tuitional,
- by seat one pants,
- more secondnature,
- secondnature,
- most second nature,
- by seat of ones pants,
- by seat one's pants,
- most intuitional,
- more intuitional,
- un learned,
- most secondnature,
- more unprompted,
- un-prompted,
- by seat of pants,
- by seat ones pants,
- re-gular,
- in born,
- re gular,
- more second nature,
- by seat pants,
- most unprompted,
- in-born,
- un-learned,
- in-grained,
- un prompted,
- in-tuitional.
- more grudging,
- un-calculated,
- more willless,
- un calculated,
- un intended,
- in-voluntary,
- be grudging,
- most grudging,
- un willing,
- un-willing,
- willless,
- be-grudging,
- most will less,
- will less,
- most uncalculated,
- more reflexive,
- most reflexive,
- un witting,
- more uncalculated,
- most begrudging,
- in voluntary,
- un-intended,
- most will-less,
- un-witting,
- more will-less,
- more will less,
- most willless,
- more begrudging.
- undecided,
- hesitant,
- weak,
- yellow,
- inconsistent,
- spineless,
- unsure,
- tentative,
- irresponsible,
- Shilly-shally,
- ambivalent,
- uncertain,
- shifty,
- irresolute,
- infirm,
- double-minded,
- unresolved,
- dillydallying,
- shy,
- unwilling,
- insipid,
- halfhearted,
- watery,
- shrinking.
- flippest,
- most quicksilver,
- more quicksilver,
- irrepressible,
- more shortfuse,
- most short fuse,
- most short-fuse,
- shortfuse,
- mercurial,
- more short fuse,
- more short-fuse,
- most shortfuse.
- fugacious,
- in wink an eye,
- in wink eye,
- gone flash,
- evanescent,
- impermanent,
- more flashing,
- shortlived,
- most flashing,
- short lived,
- in wink of eye,
- flashing,
- like lightning.
- ill humored,
- more moping,
- down the dumps,
- most moping,
- more ill-humored,
- more piqued,
- most piqued,
- in huff,
- most ill-humored,
- down mouth,
- short tempered,
- most illhumored,
- illhumored,
- ill-humored,
- most ill humored,
- ill tempered,
- illtempered,
- introspective,
- shorttempered,
- most splenetic,
- out sorts,
- more splenetic,
- down the mouth,
- down dumps,
- more illhumored,
- splenetic,
- more ill humored.
- haphazard,
- careless,
- motiveless,
- reasonless,
- rambling,
- adrift,
- unmethodical,
- wandering,
- nonsystematic,
- chancy,
- Systemless.
- more sucker,
- like babe in the woods,
- more confiding,
- un-worldliest,
- un jaded,
- lambest,
- un schooled,
- most sucker,
- un sophisticated,
- patsier,
- un suspicious,
- like a babe the woods,
- like a babe in woods,
- more wideeyed,
- un affected,
- un-taught,
- in-nocuous,
- in-nocent,
- most wide-eyed,
- more unsuspicious,
- un worldlier,
- in nocent,
- like babe woods,
- un-jaded,
- most wideeyed,
- most unsuspicious,
- un worldly,
- un-pretentious,
- more unjaded,
- un-worldlier,
- most confiding,
- unjaded,
- un-suspecting,
- in nocuous,
- un-schooled,
- un-suspicious,
- like a babe woods,
- un taught,
- un-worldly,
- simple minded,
- un suspecting,
- patsiest,
- wideeyed,
- untaught,
- lamber,
- most wide eyed,
- like babe the woods,
- more wide-eyed,
- like babe in woods,
- more wide eyed,
- most unjaded,
- wide eyed,
- un worldliest.
- more unembarrassed,
- most undesigning,
- more uncontrived,
- un-embarrassed,
- most unassumed,
- more undesigning,
- un assumed,
- un-contrived,
- un polished,
- most up-front,
- in artificial,
- more unassumed,
- un-labored,
- most up front,
- un labored,
- in-artificial,
- un-studied,
- un-assumed,
- most upfront,
- laidback,
- most unembarrassed,
- more up-front,
- Undesigning,
- more up front,
- most simplehearted,
- un designing,
- un feigned,
- un-feigned,
- un contrived,
- un-designing,
- un embarrassed,
- more simplehearted,
- more upfront,
- folksy,
- un studied,
- most inartificial,
- most unlabored,
- more unlabored,
- most uncontrived,
- more inartificial.
- reflexive,
- birdbrained,
- unlooked for,
- hasty,
- unreasoning,
- like a babe in the woods,
- passionate,
- gone in flash,
- momentary,
- unvigilant,
- out on limb,
- fast-and-loose,
- unassumed,
- wide-eyed,
- fiery,
- unsuspicious,
- unembarrassed,
- unlooked-for,
- caught napping,
- foot-in-mouth,
- quick-tempered,
- will-less,
- natural,
- emptyheaded,
- sudden,
- not in the cards,
- locked in,
- second-nature,
- unthinking,
- cyclonic,
- off guard,
- airheaded,
- singleminded,
- Insuppressible,
- upfront,
- bits and pieces,
- high on,
- uncalculated,
- in flames,
- unprompted,
- indocile,
- unscientific,
- instinctual,
- up-front,
- hardnosed,
- Inartificial,
- smart alecky,
- aflame,
- impetuous,
- simplehearted,
- quicksilver,
- self-willed,
- Gutty,
- eye-opening,
- off top of head,
- emotional,
- REDHOT,
- herky-jerky,
- brutish,
- laid back,
- bubbleheaded,
- playing with fire,
- hard shell,
- incautious,
- ad lib,
- on-again-off-again,
- over hasty,
- naive,
- Intuitional,
- casual,
- not rehearsed,
- off the top of one's head,
- not bargained for,
- hard core,
- strong-minded,
- head-strong,
- wide open,
- down in mouth,
- moody,
- serendipitous,
- highpowered,
- from the hip,
- surprising,
- unwatchful,
- unalert,
- by seat of one's pants,
- out of line,
- Unlabored,
- changeable,
- high-pressure,
- rampant,
- igneous,
- steamed up,
- overhasty,
- dingdong,
- spastic,
- short-fuse,
- go for broke,
- instinctive,
- automatic,
- being oneself,
- in a huff,
- flipper,
- hotblooded,
- mule,
- hot shot,
- down in the dumps,
- pay no mind,
- uncontrived,
- ill-judged,
- involuntary,
- any old way,
- in the doldrums,
- in doldrums,
- down in dumps,
- fitful,
- capricious,
- ADLIB,
- in wink of an eye,
- red hot,
- locked-in.
- in-spiring,
- highpressure,
- more high pressure,
- more highpressure,
- more high-pressure,
- high pressure,
- most high pressure,
- most high-pressure,
- high powered,
- in spiring,
- most highpressure.
- un-checked,
- tumultoustumultuous,
- tumultous-tumultuous,
- out control,
- on rampage,
- tumultous tumultuous,
- exceeding bounds,
- pro-fuse,
- pro fuse,
- on the rampage,
- un checked,
- pre dominant,
- more blustering,
- pre-dominant,
- more rampaging,
- most rampaging,
- most blustering.
- violent,
- hot-and-cold,
- swift,
- gone off deep end,
- intuitive,
- ad-lib,
- up-and-down,
- winging it,
- jumping the gun.
- most unlooked-for,
- eyeopening,
- un expected,
- un heralded,
- more eye opening,
- most eyeopening,
- not cards,
- most payback,
- more unlooked for,
- un-expected,
- most eye opening,
- most unlooked for,
- more unlooked-for,
- more payback,
- more eye-opening,
- unlookedfor,
- most unlookedfor,
- un-heralded,
- most eye-opening,
- not in cards,
- more eyeopening,
- eye opening,
- not the cards,
- more unlookedfor.
- un practiced,
- off the top of one head,
- off top one head,
- off top ones head,
- off the top of ones head,
- off top one's head,
- off top head,
- un prepared,
- off top of ones head,
- off the top one's head,
- spur moment,
- un-rehearsed,
- off cuff,
- off top of one's head,
- from hip,
- off the top ones head,
- spur of the moment,
- off top of one head,
- un-prepared,
- spur of moment,
- off the top one head,
- spur the moment,
- off the top of head,
- un rehearsed,
- off the top head.
- in subordinate,
- dis-orderly,
- in-subordinate,
- in-exorable,
- un manageable,
- in-temperate,
- dis orderly,
- out line,
- un-manageable,
- in temperate.
- in-advertent,
- un-caring,
- more napping,
- un meant,
- un reasoning,
- in delicate,
- napping,
- most blundering,
- un tactful,
- un-reasoning,
- un-meant,
- unheeding,
- most unreasoning,
- un-thinking,
- most napping,
- in-delicate,
- most brutish,
- un thinking,
- in-sensitive,
- more unreasoning,
- in advertent,
- un-heeding,
- un caring,
- un-tactful,
- more brutish,
- more blundering,
- un heeding,
- in sensitive.
a. & adv.
• ad libitum (adjective, adverb)adv.
• ad libitum (adverb)adv
• ad libitum (adverb) • Other relevant words: (adverb)n.
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•
- slapdash,
- careful,
- improvident.
- heroics,
- precipitate,
- precipitately,
- thought,
- throw,
- second thought,
- hotheaded,
- devil-may-care,
- lemming,
- madcap,
- rash,
- precipitation,
- reckless,
- foolhardy,
- spontaneous,
- bravado,
- daredevil,
- tearaway,
- quick,
- hothead,
- impellent,
- propulsive,
- brainish,
- tomorrow,
- driving,
- snap,
- unpremeditated,
- whimsical,
- trigger-happy,
- desperado.
Other synonyms:
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•
- impolitic,
- merrily,
- unconsidered,
- jejune,
- blithe,
- undiscriminating,
- blithely,
- knee jerk,
- blindly,
- unwary,
- precipitant,
- bumbling,
- shallow,
- rudderless,
- disconnected,
- short-sighted,
- mindless,
- indiscriminate,
- myopic,
- temerarious,
- vacuous,
- indiscreet.
-
•
- foolish,
- precipitous,
- clumsy,
- headlong,
- breezy,
- harum-scarum,
- unwitting,
- vulgar,
- reflex.
How to use "Impulsive" in context?
Many people would say that being impulsive is a good thing. For example, some might believe that being impulsive is why some people are so creative and innovative.Others might think that it is why some people are so daring. For example, some might think that it is why some people are so successful in their careers.However, others might think that being impulsive is why some people are often reckless, and resort to risky behaviors that they may not need to.In general, there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to impulsiveness. It all depends on the person and their individual situation.
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