precipitance
Acting without thinking
Precipitance is hasty or rash action, moving forward without adequate thought or caution.
The word carries a sense of headlong urgency that courts disaster: The precipitance of his decision cost him everything.
It shares meaning with precipitancy and the more common precipitateness, all suggesting someone rushing toward a cliff's edge.
Quick sudden movement
- hasteExcessive quickness
- hurryMove with urgency
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- exigentRequiring immediate attention
desperate · frantic · frenzy · scramble · hustle · dash · race · deadline
Acting without deliberation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- hotheadedEasily provoked to anger
incautious · careless · thoughtless · heedless · foolhardy · brash · imprudent · unthinking
Occurring without prior notice
- abruptSharp and unexpected
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- instantaneousHappening without any delay
- swiftMoving with speed
immediate · rapid · spontaneous · unforeseen · startling · hasty · headlong · quick
rush
Quick sudden movement
exigent · desperate · frantic · frenzy · scramble · hustle · dash · race · deadline · time-sensitive
impulsive
Acting without deliberation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
hotheaded · incautious · careless · thoughtless · heedless · foolhardy · brash · imprudent · unthinking · ill-advised
sudden
Occurring without prior notice
- abruptSharp and unexpected
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- instantaneousHappening without any delay
swift · immediate · rapid · spontaneous · unforeseen · startling · hasty · headlong · quick · meteoric
precipitancedeliberateness
Careful intention in action
slowness · gradualism · leisureliness · unhurriedness · measured pace
precipitancedeliberation
Careful weighing of choices
caution · circumspection · prudence · forethought · carefulness