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impulsiveness
noun as in incautiousness
Strong matches
- assurance
- boldness
- brashness
- brass
- carelessness
- daring
- effrontery
- foolhardiness
- forwardness
- gall
- hardihood
- hastiness
- heedlessness
- impertinence
- impetuosity
- imprudence
- impudence
- indiscretion
- intrepidity
- intrusiveness
- overconfidence
- pluck
- precipitancy
- precipitateness
- precipitation
- presumption
- rashness
- recklessness
- rudeness
- thoughtlessness
- venturesomeness
Weak match
noun as in obstinateness
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in obstreperousness
Strong matches
noun as in recalcitrance
Strong matches
noun as in recalcitrancy
Strong matches
noun as in refractoriness
Strong matches
noun as in temerariousness
Weak matches
- assurance
- boldness
- brashness
- brass
- carelessness
- daring
- effrontery
- foolhardiness
- forwardness
- gall
- hardihood
- hastiness
- heedlessness
- impertinence
- impetuosity
- imprudence
- impudence
- incautiousness
- indiscretion
- intrepidity
- intrusiveness
- overconfidence
- pluck
- precipitancy
- precipitateness
- precipitation
- presumption
- rashness
- recklessness
- rudeness
- thoughtlessness
- venturesomeness
noun as in temerity
Strong matches
- assurance
- boldness
- brass
- carelessness
- daring
- effrontery
- foolhardiness
- forwardness
- gall
- hardihood
- hastiness
- heedlessness
- impertinence
- impetuosity
- imprudence
- impudence
- indiscretion
- intrepidity
- intrusiveness
- overconfidence
- pluck
- precipitancy
- precipitateness
- precipitation
- presumption
- rashness
- recklessness
- rudeness
- thoughtlessness
- venturesomeness
noun as in uncontrollability
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in uncontrollableness
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in ungovernableness
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in unmanageability
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
noun as in unruliness
noun as in untowardness
Weak matches
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- indocility
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
Example Sentences
Compared to kids who got the placebo, those who took omega-3 pills showed improved attention and ability to control their hyperactive, impulsive behavior.
Those two words from the movie Swingers have come to represent American impulsiveness in all its glory.
Besides the irritability, impulsiveness is an equally characteristic feature.
She gave it with a heartrending impulsiveness throwing back her head suddenly and leaning her bosom on mine.
Without impulsiveness, his warm and tender sympathies imparted to him an unusual power and influence over other men.
She drew back instantly, and I hastened to repair the blunder my impulsiveness had made.
His impulsiveness keeps him from elaborating his sketches into long novels, such as Spektor and Dienesohn have produced.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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