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haste

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of haste

1 a high rate of movement or performance

made haste to get there on time

Synonyms of haste

celerity, fastness, fleetness, hurry, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity

Words Related to haste

clip, gait, pace, rate, tempo

acceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rush

alacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptness

Near Antonyms of haste

languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torpor

deliberateness, deliberation

dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination

Antonyms of haste

slowness, sluggishness

2 excited and often showy or disorderly speed

haste makes waste

in her haste, she forgot her keys

Synonyms of haste

hastiness, hurry, hustle, precipitation, precipitousness, rush

Words Related to haste

bustle, flurry, flutter, scurry, scuttle, stir, whirl

beeline, dash, scramble, stampede

hotheadedness, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness, impulsivity, rashness

expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, fleetness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity

celerity, dispatch, promptitude, promptness

Near Antonyms of haste

dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination, slowness

languor, leisureliness, lethargy, sluggishness, torpor

dormancy, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, quiescence

Antonyms of haste

deliberateness, deliberation

Synonym Discussion of haste

haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.

- marry in haste

hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion.

- in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush

speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action.

- exercises to increase your reading speed

expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters.

- the case came to trial with expedition
- paid bills with dispatch

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