impetuous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
a hotheaded decision
Related & opposite
- impulsiveness derivation
- impetuousness derivation
- archaism domain usage
- incautious similar to
Sense 2 adjective
marked by violent force
impetuous heaving waves
Related & opposite
- forceful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impulsiveness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impetuousness |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | incautious |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | forceful |