Synonyms for impulsive
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Impetuous — actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration
impetuous, spontaneous, hasty, reckless, hot-headed, rash, devil-may-care, sudden, passionate, quick, precipitate, lavish, precipitant, brainish, abrupt, headlong, precipitous
2. Capricious
Definitions
- adj. 1
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
- adj. 2
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
Related words
- Word family
- impulsivity impulse impulsion impulsively impulsiveness
Example sentences
- reckless We tried to restrain him from his reckless action.
- spontaneous Tom and Mary aren't very spontaneous, are they?
- hasty Don't draw a hasty conclusion from what you see now.
- impetuous He has an impetuous and irascible personality.
- instinctive All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impulsive | rising | |
| reckless | rising | |
| spontaneous | steady | |
| hasty | steady | |
| impetuous | steady | |
| instinctive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rash1
- 5 letters
- quick1, hasty2
- 6 letters
- moving2, sudden2, lavish2, abrupt2, fitful2
- 7 letters
- driving2, wayward2
- 8 letters
- reckless2, headlong2, brainish
- 9 letters
- whimsical3, impetuous3, impelling, impellent
- 10 letters
- passionate3, capricious3, unprompted
- 11 letters
- spontaneous4, instinctive3, precipitate4, precipitous4, precipitant
- 12 letters
- unreflecting
- 14 letters
- unpremeditated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hasty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- primesautier
- Italiano
- impulsivo
- Español
- impulsivo