Entry Word: reckless

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of oneʼs actions <the reckless skiers were making everyone nervous by schussing down the mountainside at lightning speed>

Synonyms daredevil, devil-may-care, foolhardy, irresponsible

Related Words adventurous, bold, daring, venturesome; hasty, headlong, hotheaded, impetuous, precipitate, rash, wild; nonchalant, unconcerned, unworried; careless, heedless, inattentive, incautious, unheeding; inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking

Near Antonyms careful, cautious, circumspect, heedful; overcareful, overcautious, timid

Antonyms responsible

2 foolishly adventurous or bold <a reckless man who jumped into an icy river to save his dog from drowning, only to end up drowned himself> — see foolhardy 1