Synonyms for headlong
ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋhead·long

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1. hasty, headlongadjective

   excessively quick

   "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

   Synonyms:
   overhasty, precipitous, headfirst, precipitate, precipitant, hasty

   Antonyms:
   backward, unhurried

2. headfirst, headlongadverb

   with the head foremost

   "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool"

   Synonyms:
   headfirst, hasty

   Antonyms:
   backward, unhurried

3. headlong, headfirstadverb

   with the head foremost

   "the runner slid headlong into third base"

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

4. headlong, precipitatelyadverb

   at breakneck speed

   "burst headlong through the gate"

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

5. headlong, rashlyadverb

   in a hasty and foolhardy manner

   "he fell headlong in love with his cousin"

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

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1. headlongadjective

   Synonyms:
   rashly, hastily, precipitately, head-foremost, thoughtlessly, without deliberation

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1. headlongadverb

   Synonyms:
   headforemost, precipitately, rashly, pell-mell, helter-skelter, confusedly

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1. List of paraphrases for "headlong":

   hasty

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1. Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller:

   Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yieldAgainst stupidity the very godsThemselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter of the head divine,Wise founders of the system of the world,Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss.

2. Saadi Shirazi:

   Affairs succeed by patience, and he that is hasty falleth headlong.

3. Jean Cocteau:

   There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

4. Seneca:

   While the fates permit, live happily life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.

5. Alien Life -RSB- Raymond:

   We're trying to find examples of the most extreme environments we can on Earth, we're trying to get into places where biology runs headlong into the inorganic part of the Earth, where any nutrient you want to pick up you've got to get from a rock or the atmosphere.