hastes
Moves with urgency
Hastes is the third-person singular of haste, meaning to move quickly or hurry.
The verb form is rare and archaic; modern English strongly prefers hasten instead: She hastens to add rather than she hastes to add.
You're most likely to encounter hastes in older texts or deliberately archaic prose.
Acting without forethought
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- precipitanceRash, headlong haste
- impetuosityHasty, unthinking action
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
thoughtlessness · heedlessness · incaution · foolhardiness · imprudence · hastiness · overeagerness · impatience
impulsiveness
Acting without forethought
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- precipitanceRash, headlong haste
- impetuosityHasty, unthinking action
carelessness · thoughtlessness · heedlessness · incaution · foolhardiness · imprudence · hastiness · overeagerness · impatience · jumping the gun
rushes
Moves very quickly
dashes · scrambles · sprints · bolts · scurries · hustles · accelerates · quickens · flies · tears
exits
Departure points
retreats · withdraws · evacuates · absconds · decamps · takes off · gets away · runs off · clears out · splits
hastesdeliberates
Thinks carefully before deciding
considers · ponders · takes care · reflects · contemplates
- 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, haste, hastily, hasten, hastening, hastened, hastens, posthaste, overhasty