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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. rashness

    Rashness applies to the actual rushing into danger without counting the cost; temerity denotes the needless exposure of oneself to peril which is or might be clearly seen to be such. Rashness is used chiefly of bodily acts, temerity often of mental or social matters; there may be a noble rashness, but temerity is always used in a bad sense. We say it is amazing that one should have had the temerity to make a statement which could be readily proved a falsehood, or to make an unworthy proposal to one sure to resent it; in such use temerity is often closely allied to hardihood, audacity, or presumption. Venturesomeness dallies on the edge of danger and experiments with it; foolhardiness rushes in for want of sense, heedlessness for want of attention, rashness for want of reflection, recklessness from disregard of consequences. Audacity, in the sense here considered, denotes a dashing and somewhat reckless courage, in defiance of conventionalities, or of other men's opinions, or of what would be deemed probable consequences; as, the audacity of a successful financier. Compare EFFRONTERY.

    Synonyms:
    audacity, foolhardiness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, over-confidence, precipitancy, precipitation, presumption, recklessness, temerity, venturesomeness

    Antonyms:
    care, caution, circumspection, cowardice, hesitation, timidity, wariness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rashness

    Synonyms:
    hastiness, precipitancy, recklessness, venturesomeness, temerity, precipitation, indiscretion

    Antonyms:
    slowness, carefulness, cautiousness, discretion

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. heedlessness, mindlessness, rashnessnoun

    the trait of acting rashly and without prudence

    Synonyms:
    inattentiveness, unmindfulness, foolhardiness, inanity, senselessness, pointlessness, recklessness, vacuity, inadvertence, inadvertency, mindlessness, heedlessness

  2. recklessness, foolhardiness, rashnessnoun

    the trait of giving little thought to danger

    Synonyms:
    recklessness, heedlessness, mindlessness, foolhardiness

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rashnessnoun

    Synonyms:
    recklessness (in action), precipitancy, precipitation, hastiness, venturesomeness, TEMERITY, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness, foolhardiness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rashnessnoun

    Synonyms:
    temerity, precipitancy, indiscretion, incaution, recklessness

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "rashness":

    rush, haste

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#8036precipitation
#20482presumption
#25448haste
#35844audacity
#75706recklessness
#92835indiscretion
#113024temerity
#148277inanity
#153600hardihood
#169361rashness
#175027inadvertence
#186100vacuity
#210857pointlessness
#245809senselessness
#258319inattentiveness
#271402heedlessness
#286508mindlessness

How to use rashness in a sentence?

  1. Plutarch:

    Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

  2. Jimmy Carter:

    A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.


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