quick decision
Spur-of-the-moment choice
A quick decision is one made rapidly, without extended deliberation.
The phrase often appears in contexts requiring immediate action: In emergencies, quick decisions save lives.
It can carry positive connotations of decisiveness or negative ones of hastiness, depending on context.
She made a quick decision to accept the job offer.
- snapSudden sharp sound
- snap judgmentRapid evaluation without deliberation
- impulseSudden urge to act
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
gut feeling · split-second · split second · hasty · rash · spur of the moment · spontaneous · reactive · heat of the moment · on the spot · judgment · judgment call · call · choice · reflex · urgent · pressure · do or die
- spontaneous actsimpulse buy, impulse purchase, whim, sudden urge, snap judgment
- impulsesimpulse, urge, impulse buying, blurting out, whim
quick decisionindecision
Failure to decide
hesitation · vacillation · dithering · paralysis by analysis · fence-sitting
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