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noun

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How does the adjective rash contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of rash are adventurous, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, reckless, and venturesome. While all these words mean "exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense," rash suggests imprudence and lack of forethought.

a rash decision

When is adventurous a more appropriate choice than rash?

The words adventurous and rash are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, adventurous implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence.

adventurous pioneers

Where would daredevil be a reasonable alternative to rash?

The synonyms daredevil and rash are sometimes interchangeable, but daredevil stresses ostentation in daring.

daredevil motorcyclists

When would daring be a good substitute for rash?

The words daring and rash can be used in similar contexts, but daring implies fearlessness in courting danger.

daring mountain climbers

When can foolhardy be used instead of rash?

While the synonyms foolhardy and rash are close in meaning, foolhardy suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense.

the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm

In what contexts can reckless take the place of rash?

The meanings of reckless and rash largely overlap; however, reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences.

a reckless driver

When could venturesome be used to replace rash?

In some situations, the words venturesome and rash are roughly equivalent. However, venturesome implies a jaunty eagerness for perilous undertakings.

venturesome stunt pilots

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rash
Adjective
By 2024, the rash of injuries started as LeMahieu began the season with a foot contusion that cost him 55 games and then missed the final 22 games with hip impingement, keeping The Yankees played 40 postseason games while LeMahieu was on the team. Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 Lone star ticks: Found in the eastern, southeastern, and south-central U.S., lone star ticks can sometimes cause a circular rash. Laura Schober, Health, 9 July 2025
Noun
Sonny signs on and immediately gets into tense dustups with Pearce who, like Sonny, is prone to making rash decisions and is more of an individual racer than a team player. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 25 June 2025 But when that isn’t the case, there are sloppy mistakes and rash decisions. The View From The Lane, New York Times, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for rash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rash
Adjective
  • Merz, 69, is impulsive, prickly under pressure and occasionally leans into populist bluster.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
  • Unlike reckless risk-taking, which is impulsive and uninformed, calculated risk should be strategic and intentional.
    Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • This is in addition to the broader advice given the plague of text message attacks now targeting American citizens.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • The sylvatic plague is the same bacterium that causes bubonic and pneumonic plague in humans.
    Catherine Reagor, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • After a hurried recovery period in his upstate hospital, Dexter heads to New York City, where his son Harrison (Jack Alcott) has moved.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 July 2025
  • Here’s how Kansas and Missouri representatives and senators voted in the hurried push to pass President Trump’s massive, controversial spending bill.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Given increasing workplace and social isolation, America’s loneliness epidemic is unsurprising, especially for low earners.
    Nathan Meyers, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
  • Such decrees were also issued during the flu epidemic in the early part of the 20th century.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • The tragedy in Ruidoso highlights growing concerns about increasingly intense weather systems striking communities with little time to prepare for sudden surges of water.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • In one particularly raw moment, a woman studying the photographs let out a sudden shriek.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Indicating just how much hasn’t changed in the interim, women’s wrestling segments are often the first to get cut, a spate of female performers have been let go from their contracts in regular layoffs, and despite the additional women’s championships, these titles aren’t regularly defended.
    Scarlett Harris, Time, 12 July 2025
  • Its seventh-generation foldables make the biggest leap yet, responding to a new spate of thinner foldables from Google, Oppo, and others.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Supreme Court knows this also, hence its hasty and premature dicta insulating members of the Federal Reserve Board from removal.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2025
  • And the hasty budget changes mean some people will get hurt.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • One day floating in a small raft in the Pacific turned into six weeks, with little food, less water and even less hope of being found.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
  • For the past four days, Jonathan McComb has climbed into inflatable Zodiac rafts or hiked along the flood-scarred banks of the Guadalupe River, poking through brambles and uprooted trees, looking for victims.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 8 July 2025

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“Rash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rash. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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