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Synonyms for precipitant

  • adjective

Most common

immediate hasty precipitate precipitous hot-headed devil-may-care

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Hasty — acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected

hasty, precipitate, precipitous, quick, immediate, sudden, swift, speedy, abrupt, hurried, overhasty, cursory, headlong

2. Devil-may-care — inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash

hot-headed, devil-may-care, reckless, rash, impulsive, impetuous, heedless

Antonyms

slow, low-speed, slow-moving

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.

  2. adj. 2

    Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected.

Related words

Word family
precipitance precipitancy precipitantly precipitantness precipice precipitate precipitately precipitateness

Example sentences

  • immediate The new medicine demonstrated an immediate effect.
  • hasty Don't draw a hasty conclusion from what you see now.
  • precipitate The clouds thickened and it started to precipitate.
  • precipitous Your actions may be overly precipitous.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
precipitantfalling
immediatefalling
hastysteady
precipitatefalling
precipitoussteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
rash1
5 letters
quick1, swift1, hasty2
6 letters
sudden2, speedy2, abrupt2
7 letters
hurried2, cursory3
8 letters
reckless2, headlong2, heedless
9 letters
immediate4, impulsive3, impetuous3, overhasty
11 letters
precipitate4, precipitous4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hasty2 = 2 syllables).