Synonyms for hot-headed
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
hot-tempered, short-tempered, impetuous, quick-tempered, irascible, violent, reckless, impulsive, fiery, temperamental, choleric, furious, passionate, vehement, hasty, rash, quick, inflammable, sudden, precipitate, precipitous, incautious, petulant, irritable, fierce, peppery, hurried, headlong, precipitant rare, brainish dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
Related words
- Other spellings
- hotheaded
Example sentences
- impetuous He has an impetuous and irascible personality.
- violent Violent criminals were often bullies in childhood.
- reckless We tried to restrain him from his reckless action.
By length
- 4 letters
- rash1
- 5 letters
- quick1, fiery3, hasty2
- 6 letters
- sudden2, fierce1
- 7 letters
- violent3, furious3, hurried2, peppery
- 8 letters
- reckless2, petulant3, headlong2, vehement3, choleric3, brainish
- 9 letters
- impulsive3, irritable4, impetuous3, irascible4
- 10 letters
- passionate3, incautious
- 11 letters
- precipitate4, precipitous4, inflammable4, precipitant
- 13 letters
- temperamental4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fiery3 = 3 syllables).