snap decision
Gut-instinct call
A snap decision is a choice made quickly, without extended deliberation: It was a snap decision to quit my job.
The phrase often implies impulsiveness or insufficient consideration, though snap decisions aren't necessarily bad—sometimes circumstances demand them.
She made a snap decision to swerve, and it saved her life.
- impulseSudden urge to act
- gut instinctImmediate unreasoned knowing
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- split secondInfinitesimal unit of time
split-second · hasty · rash · heat of the moment · spur-of-the-moment · knee-jerk · shoot from the hip · quick · impulsive · leap · leap of faith · gamble · hunch · reflex · fight or flight · spontaneous · judgment · on the spot
- impulsive actionsspur of the moment, on a whim, knee-jerk reaction, rush in, heat of the moment
- misjudgmentsmisjudgment, mistake, error, blunder, miscalculation
- impulsesimpulse, urge, impulse buying, blurting out, whim
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- decisionschoice, choices, yes, no, alternatives
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
snap decisioninformed decision
Choice made with facts
cost-benefit analysis · risk assessment · strategic planning · due diligence
snap, decision, snapped, snapping, snaps, snapper, snappy, decide, decided