All haste synonyms
haste
H h noun haste
- alacrity β If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
- urgency β urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
- dispatch β to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- promptness β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- precipitancy β the quality or state of being precipitant.
- rapidity β a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
- rashness β acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- impatience β lack of patience.
- scamper β to run or go hastily or quickly.
- hurried β moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- swiftness β moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- precipitate β to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- incautious β not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless.
- hastiness β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- flurry β a light, brief shower of snow.
- bustle β If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- heedless β careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- celerity β rapidity; swiftness; speed
- nimbleness β quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
- quickness β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- carelessness β not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
- fleetness β swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- scurry β to go or move quickly or in haste.
- recklessness β utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
- pace β a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- velocity β rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity.
- foolhardiness β recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- scramble β to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- scuttle β Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
- promptitude β promptness.
- impetuosity β the quality or condition of being impetuous.
- briskness β quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- hurly-burly β noisy disorder and confusion; commotion; uproar; tumult.
- expedition β A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.
- hustling β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- expeditiousness β The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed.
verb haste
- lose no time β act without delay
- whish β a whishing sound.
- make time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- bestir β to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- make short work of β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- speed up β an increasing of speed.
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.