impulsive
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 adjective
proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
an impulsive gesture of affection
Related & opposite
- impulsiveness derivation
- self-generated similar to
Sense 2 adjective
without forethought
letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted
Related & opposite
- impulsiveness derivation
- unpremeditated similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having the power of driving or impelling
a driving personal ambition
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
a capricious refusal
Related & opposite
- impulsiveness derivation
- whimsicality derivation
- whimsy derivation
- whim derivation
- arbitrary similar to
Sense 5 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
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impulsiveness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-generated |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impulsiveness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpremeditated |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | impel |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dynamic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | impulsiveness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | whimsicality |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | whimsy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | whim |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | arbitrary |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | impulsiveness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | impetuousness |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | incautious |