Thesaurus / impulsive
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synonyms for impulsive
- abrupt
- hasty
- impetuous
- instinctive
- offhand
- passionate
- spontaneous
- violent
- ad-lib
- automatic
- careless
- devil-may-care
- emotional
- extemporaneous
- flaky
- gone off deep end
- headlong
- hot-and-cold
- intuitive
- involuntary
- jumping the gun
- mad
- precipitate
- quick
- rash
- sudden
- swift
- unconsidered
- unexpected
- unmeditated
- unpredictable
- unpremeditated
- unprompted
- up-and-down
- winging it
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Sometimes my best work will be rather spontaneous or impulsive.
REMOTE WORK IS ALL GEN Z KNOWS. BUT ARE THEY SATISFIED?RAISA BRUNERAUGUST 16, 2021TIMEWhat makes his decision seem impulsive and even dangerous is that Unity is still far short of becoming the kind of thoroughly tested and reliable vehicle that would be able to fly passengers on a regular schedule.
RICHARD BRANSON'S BIG SPACE D*CK CONTEST WITH BEZOS IS RECKLESS—AND POTENTIALLY DEADLYCLIVE IRVINGJULY 2, 2021THE DAILY BEASTIn my highs, I was drinking compulsively and taking impulsive risks in the mountains as a coping strategy.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IN THE MOUNTAINSDREW PETERSENJUNE 30, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEHer team uses computer games like this to measure how cautious or impulsive people are.
SEARCH FOR ‘REWARDS’ IS BIG DRIVER IN REMODELING A TEEN’S BRAINSILKE SCHMIDTAPRIL 22, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSIt tries to exert self-control by tamping down the limbic system’s impulsive urges.
TEEN DEPRESSION LINKED TO HOW THE BRAIN PROCESSES REWARDSALISON PEARCE STEVENSMARCH 18, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSIn his childlike, impulsive fashion he had not thought of the future when he adopted Jean.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEEloquent in speech, warm-hearted and impulsive, he found it difficult to resist a joke, even at the expense of his friend.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWI made an impulsive forward movement, but Dr. Silence instantly dragged me back.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODThis habit is an outcome of our frank, impulsive character; but the Scotch would be slow in appreciating it.
FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELLIn their habits they resembled children, being sensitive and impulsive, fond of play, and very quick in their motions.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRISWORDS RELATED TO IMPULSIVE
- any way the wind blows
- arbitrary
- blowing hot and cold
- careless
- changeful
- contrary
- crotchety
- effervescent
- erratic
- every which way
- fanciful
- fickle
- fitful
- flaky
- flighty
- freakish
- gaga
- helter-skelter
- humorsome
- impulsive
- inconstant
- kinky
- lubricious
- mercurial
- moody
- mutable
- notional
- odd
- picky
- punchy
- queer
- quirky
- temperamental
- ticklish
- unpredictable
- unreasonable
- unstable
- up and down
- vagarious
- variable
- volatile
- wayward
- whimsical
- yo-yo
- agitated
- capricious
- changeful
- commutative
- convertible
- fickle
- fitful
- flighty
- fluctuating
- fluid
- impulsive
- inconstant
- indecisive
- irregular
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- kaleidoscopic
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- mutable
- permutable
- protean
- restless
- reversible
- revocable
- shifting
- skittish
- spasmodic
- transformable
- transitional
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unreliable
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- vagrant
- variable
- variant
- varying
- versatile
- volatile
- wavering
- whimsical
- adventuresome
- audacious
- bold
- brassy
- brave
- cheeky
- cocky
- courageous
- crusty
- fearless
- fire eating
- foolhardy
- forward
- game
- go for broke
- gritty
- gutsy
- gutty
- hot shot
- impudent
- impulsive
- intrepid
- nervy
- obtrusive
- out on a limb
- plucky
- rash
- reckless
- salty
- smart
- smart-alecky
- spunky
- temerarious
- valiant
- venturesome
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.