Synonyms for rashness
Most common
recklessness foolhardiness mindlessness heedlessness imprudence
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Recklessness
2. Mindlessness
3. Imprudence
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of state of being rash; inconsiderate or presumptuous haste
Forms
- Plural
- rashnesses → recklessnesses, foolhardinesses, mindlessnesses, heedlessnesses…
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Rashness applies to the actual rushing into danger without counting the cost; temerity denotes the needless exposure of oneself to peril which is or might be clearly seen to be such.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- recklessness As soon as she came in, his recklessness vanished.
- foolhardiness Courage is the median between cowardice and foolhardiness.
- temerity No one had the temerity to speak out against those war crimes.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rashness | steady | |
| recklessness | rising | |
| foolhardiness | steady | |
| mindlessness | rising | |
| heedlessness | steady | |
| imprudence | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- temerity4
- 9 letters
- hastiness
- 10 letters
- imprudence3
- 12 letters
- recklessness3, indiscretion4, mindlessness, heedlessness, precipitancy
- 13 letters
- precipitation5, foolhardiness
- 14 letters
- inadvisability
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (temerity4 = 4 syllables).