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head long
adjective as in impulsive
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adjective as in passionate
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adjective as in precipitous/precipitate
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- abrupt
- breakneck
- brief
- frantic
- gone off half-cocked
- harum-scarum
- hasty
- headlong
- heedless
- hurried
- ill-advised
- impatient
- impetuous
- indiscreet
- jump the gun
- madcap
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- plunging
- precipitant
- quick
- rapid
- rash
- reckless
- refractory
- rushing
- subitaneous
- swift
- unanticipated
- uncontrolled
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- violent
- willful
- without warning
adjective as in quick
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adjective as in rash
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adjective as in reckless
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- adventuresome
- adventurous
- any which way
- breakneck
- daredevil
- desperate
- devil-may-care
- fast and loose
- feckless
- harebrained
- headlong
- heedless
- helter-skelter
- hopeless
- hotheaded
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- kooky
- madcap
- mindless
- overventuresome
- playing with fire
- precipitate
- rash
- regardless
- temerarious
- uncareful
- venturesome
- venturous
- wild
adjective as in shortsighted
adjective as in speedy
adjective as in steep
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adjective as in sudden
adjective as in swift
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adjective as in unguarded
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adjective as in whirlwind
adjective as in brash
adjective as in short-sighted
adjective as in breakneck
adjective as in unpremeditated
adjective as in ill-considered
Weak matches
- adventurous
- bold
- brash
- daring
- determined
- devil-may-care
- fiery
- foolhardy
- frenzied
- furious
- harebrained
- harum-scarum
- headlong
- headstrong
- heedless
- hotheaded
- immature
- impetuous
- improvident
- incautious
- injudicious
- insuppressible
- irrational
- jumping to conclusions
- madcap
- overhasty
- passionate
- precipitant
- precipitate
- slapdash
- temerarious
- unconsidered
- unguarded
- unthinking
- unwary
- venturesome
- venturous
- wild
adjective as in precipitant
Strong matches
Weak matches
- adventurous
- audacious
- brash
- determined
- devil-may-care
- fiery
- foolhardy
- frenzied
- furious
- harebrained
- hasty
- headlong
- headstrong
- heedless
- hotheaded
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- immature
- impetuous
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incautious
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- insuppressible
- jumping to conclusions
- overhasty
- passionate
- premature
- reckless
- slapdash
- temerarious
- thoughtless
- unconsidered
- unguarded
- unthinking
- unwary
- venturesome
- venturous
adjective as in unconsidered
Weak matches
- adventurous
- audacious
- bold
- brash
- daring
- determined
- devil-may-care
- fiery
- foolhardy
- frenzied
- furious
- harebrained
- harum-scarum
- hasty
- headlong
- headstrong
- heedless
- hotheaded
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- immature
- impetuous
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incautious
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- insuppressible
- irrational
- jumping to conclusions
- madcap
- overhasty
- passionate
- precipitant
- precipitate
- premature
- reckless
- slapdash
- temerarious
- thoughtless
- unguarded
- unthinking
- unwary
- venturesome
- venturous
- wild
adjective as in unforbearing
Weak matches
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- eager
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- irritable
- itchy
- keen
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- racing one's motor
- restless
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- testy
- thirsty
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
adjective as in desperate
adjective as in hasty
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adjective as in headlong
adjective as in hurried
adjective as in impatient
Weak matches
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- itchy
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- racing one's motor
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- unforbearing
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
adjective as in impetuous
adverb as in pell-mell
adverb as in posthaste
adverb as in bang
adverb as in boldly
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adverb as in rashly
Strong match
Weak matches
- abruptly
- boldly
- carelessly
- daringly
- excitedly
- expeditiously
- feverishly
- fiercely
- foolishly
- frantically
- furiously
- hastily
- headily
- headstrongly
- heedlessly
- hurriedly
- ill-advisedly
- impetuously
- imprudently
- impulsively
- inadvisedly
- incautiously
- indiscreetly
- indomitably
- irresponsibly
- madly
- passionately
- precipitantly
- precipitately
- precipitously
- recklessly
- speedily
- thoughtlessly
- unpreparedly
- unthinkingly
- unwarily
- unwisely
- wildly
adverb as in helter-skelter
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Example Sentences
Once more, back still further, and again they drove with head-long force.
I would have pulled every hair out of my head long ago, only I knew it would grow out as red as ever.
Head long and slender; eye high up on the head and nearly half way between the snout and the back of the gill covers.
I push'd head-long into this new Engagement, and thought my self at one time the happiest Man in the World.
My dear little pets, the flowers shed dewy tears over her bright, young head long time ago.
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On this page you'll find 1227 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to head long, such as: abrupt, hasty, impetuous, instinctive, offhand, and passionate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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