Antonyms for headlong
ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋhead·long

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1. hasty, headlongadjective

   excessively quick

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

   Antonyms:
   backward, unhurried

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

2. headfirst, headlongadverb

   with the head foremost

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

   Antonyms:
   backward, unhurried

   Synonyms:
   headfirst, hasty

3. headlong, headfirstadverb

   with the head foremost

   "the runner slid headlong into third base"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

4. headlong, precipitatelyadverb

   at breakneck speed

   "burst headlong through the gate"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

5. headlong, rashlyadverb

   in a hasty and foolhardy manner

   "he fell headlong in love with his cousin"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

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1. headlongadverb

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

How to use headlong in a sentence?

1. Saadi Shirazi:

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

2. 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.

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. Stephen Innes:

   Pelosi's Taiwan visit is tainting sentiment today. And amid escalating tensions in Taiwan Strait and deepening worries about a global economic slowdown, investors are diving headlong into Stephen Innes bonds, no party wants a real war, but the risk of mishap or even aggressive war game escalation is real, which could always lead to a tactical mistake.

5. 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.

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