haste
Acting too quickly
Haste is urgency or speed, especially when rushing: In her haste to leave, she forgot her keys.
The word often carries a note of excessive hurry—acting too quickly invites mistakes.
Haste makes waste.
To make haste is to hurry.
Hasty is the adjective form.
Pressing need for action
- rushQuick sudden movement
- hurryMove with urgency
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- deadlineTime limit for completion
crisis · emergency · time-sensitive · critical · imperative · expedite · dispatch · exigency
Quickness of motion
- quicknessState of being fast
- rapiditySwiftness of movement
- celerityPromptness of motion
- velocityDirected rate of motion
acceleration · briskness · fleetness · alacrity · promptness · dash · sprint · rush
Imprudent haste in action
- impulsivityActing without considering consequences
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
incaution · foolhardiness · impetuousness · imprudence · precipitousness · overeagerness · jumping the gun · sloppiness
Unwilling to wait
- restlessUnable to be still
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
- fidgetyNervously unable to settle
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
eager · anxious · hurried · rushed · flustered · frantic · harried · breathless
Unwanted discarded material
- repentFeel remorse, resolve change
- speedRate of motion
- marryUnite in wedlock
- leisureFree time for relaxation
slowly · caution · patience · deliberation · fools rush in
urgency
Pressing need for action
deadline · crisis · emergency · time-sensitive · critical · imperative · expedite · dispatch · exigency · crunch
swiftness
Quickness of motion
velocity · acceleration · briskness · fleetness · alacrity · promptness · dash · sprint · rush · clip
rashness
Imprudent haste in action
- impulsivityActing without considering consequences
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
thoughtlessness · incaution · foolhardiness · impetuousness · imprudence · precipitousness · overeagerness · jumping the gun · sloppiness · negligence
impatient
Unwilling to wait
agitated · eager · anxious · hurried · rushed · flustered · frantic · harried · breathless · hectic
waste
Unwanted discarded material
leisure · slowly · caution · patience · deliberation · fools rush in
- hastinesshurry, rush, rashness, impulsiveness, precipitance
- human flawsmistake, error, flaw, fault, failing
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- impulsivityimpulsiveness, impulsivity, rashness, recklessness, impetuosity
- movement qualitiesspeed, force, grace, clumsiness, stealth
- time pressurerush, against the clock, rushed, clock is ticking, urgency
hasteslowness
Absence of quickness
leisureliness · sluggishness · unhurriedness · lethargy · languidness
hastedeliberation
Careful weighing of choices
deliberateness · caution · prudence · carefulness · patience
hastedelay
Enforced waiting period
procrastination · leisure · leisureliness · hesitation · reluctance
- haste makes wasteAdage against rushing
- beat a hasty retreatDepart rapidly under pressure
- in haste
- hasty retreatRapid, unplanned departure
- make hasteAct with urgency
- beating a hasty retreatDeparting quickly under pressure
hasty, hastily, hasten, hastiness, hastening, hastened, posthaste, overhasty, hastes