Synonyms for rash
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Reckless — acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty
reckless, fool-hardy, imprudent, impulsive, impetuous, heedless, hot-headed, precipitate, precipitous, inconsiderate, adventurous, hasty, careless, bold, injudicious, thoughtless, devil-may-care, brash, daring, heady, desperate, indiscreet
Other
Noun
1. Efflorescence
Definitions
- adj. 1
Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.
rash words spoken in the heat of debate
- n. 1
An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.
He came out in a rash because of an allergy.
Related words
- Word family
- rashly rashness
- Phrases
- heat rash sweat rash rash vest road rash diaper rash nappy rash hiker's rash barber's rash
Forms
- Plural
- rashes → efflorescences, eruptions, roseolae, epidemics…
Choose the right word
A man is rash who does it from the mere impulse of his feelings, without counting the cost.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- reckless We tried to restrain him from his reckless action.
- impulsive Impulsive people are more prone to procrastination.
- impetuous He has an impetuous and irascible personality.
- imprudent It is very imprudent to swim in the rapids.
By length
- 4 letters
- bold1
- 5 letters
- hasty2, brash1, heady2
- 6 letters
- daring2
- 7 letters
- roseola
- 8 letters
- reckless2, epidemic4, careless2, eruption3, blizzard2, heedless
- 9 letters
- desperate2, impulsive3, impetuous3, imprudent3
- 10 letters
- indiscreet3
- 11 letters
- adventurous4, thoughtless2, precipitate4, precipitous4, injudicious4
- 13 letters
- inconsiderate, efflorescence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hasty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- étourdi
- Italiano
- distratto
- Deutsch
- unüberlegt