Synonyms of hotheaded

hotheaded

adjective

as in impetuous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impetuous
• reckless
• impulsive
• thoughtless
• brash
• imprudent
• overconfident
• foolhardy
• brazen
• incautious
• courageous
• rash
• daredevil
• brave
• fearless
• heedless
• intrepid
• dauntless
• valiant
• madcap
• spunky
• spirited
• gutsy
• heroic
• valorous
• undaunted
• heroical
• gallant
• stalwart
• daring
• adventurous
• stouthearted
• wild
• lionhearted
• mettlesome
• bold
• venturesome
• venturous
• adventuresome
• overbold
• dashing
• hardy
• audacious
• foolish
• stout
• doughty
• gutty
• mad
• greathearted
• lunatic
• nutty
• hasty
• insane
• undauntable
• half-witted
• headlong
• crazy
• unafraid
• reassured
• precipitate
• encouraged
• comforted
• emboldened
• heartened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cautious
• careful
• prudent
• timid
• unadventurous
• heedful
• shy
• diffident
• nervous
• anxious
• apprehensive
• scary
• mousy
• skittish
• afraid
• mousey
• frightened
• startled
• agitated
• perturbed
• terrified
• disturbed
• panicked
• scared
• unnerved
• cowardly
• shocked
• coward
• spooked
• disconcerted
• horrified
• yellow
• timorous
• disquieted
• pusillanimous
• fearful
• spineless
• unheroic
• craven
• dastardly
• gutless
• fainthearted
• spiritless
• nerveless
• ungallant
• chicken
• panic-stricken
• terrorized
• lily-livered
• chickenhearted
• poltroon
• uncourageous
• weakhearted
• poor-spirited
• milk-livered
• chicken-livered

Examples of hotheaded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

She’s accompanied on her trip by Joel (Wagner Moura), a hotheaded veteran reporter who still gets an adrenaline rush from his work; Jessie (Cailee Spaeny), a cub photographer who idolizes Lee; and Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson), a newspaperman taking one last trip before retirement. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024

The trouble is that your hotheaded intervention didn’t just change your friend’s mind about her post. —Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024

Along with Susan Storm other two main characters in the title quartet — Susan’s hotheaded brother Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch; and Reed’s best friend Ben Grimm, aka The Thing — have yet to be cast. —Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023

The teenagers are foils to one another, the hotheaded PJ (Sennott) balanced by her shy best friend, Josie (Edebiri). —Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023