Synonyms for hasty
ˈheɪ stihasty

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1. hasty

   Synonyms:
   speedy, rapid, superficial, hurried, irascible, impetuous, reckless, headlong, crude, incomplete, undeveloped, immature, swift, precipitate, fiery, passionate, slight, quick, excitable, rash, cursory

   Antonyms:
   slow, leisurely, careful, close, reflective, developed, matured, complete, elaborate, thoughtful, deliberate

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1. hasty, headlongadjective

   excessively quick

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

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

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

2. hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitousadjective

   done with very great haste and without due deliberation

   "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

   Synonyms:
   precipitous, overhasty, headlong, abrupt, sharp, precipitate, precipitant

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

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1. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   quick, swift, rapid, fleet, speedy, fast, brisk

2. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   cursory, slight, hurried

3. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   rash, precipitate, headlong, reckless, thoughtless, indiscreet

4. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   passionate, irritable, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, peevish, fretful, fiery, choleric, irascible, excitable, hot, peppery

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1. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   swift, rapid, quick, fast, precipitate, rash, eager, precipitant, cursory, hurried, superficial

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1. List of paraphrases for "hasty":

   precipitate, over-hasty, hurried, precipitous, overhasty, precipitated, premature, rash, ill-considered, headlong

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1. Woodrow Wilson:

   One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing is to supply light and not heat

2. Gregory Copeland:

   This decision is also a reminder that the judiciary can still serve as a powerful check when other branches of government make hasty, cruel and reckless decisions.

3. Lee Cook-jong:

   Lee said. Lee said the soldier was beginning to eat and would be given bigger portions as he recovered. Lee said Oh was not going anywhere anytime soon and reporters would get their chance to question the injured defector. The defector has experienced nightmares and said he was afraid he would have to return to Kim Jong Un's regime. (AP) This North Korean guy is not going anywhere. He is staying in South Korea. So we don't need to be hasty.

4. Lao Tzu:

   The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

5. Robert Southey:

   How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.