impetuous

1. 1.

   characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

   “a hotheaded decision”

   “liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers”

   “an impetuous display of spending and gambling”

   “madcap escapades”

   Synonymshotheadedimpulsivemadcaptearawaybrainish

   Similarincautious

   archaism

2. 2.

   marked by violent force

   “impetuous heaving waves”

   Similarforceful

Questions about impetuous

What does impetuous mean?

impetuous means "characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in impetuous?

impetuous has 3 syllables: im-pet-uous. The stress falls on "pet". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɛtʃwəs/.

What is another word for impetuous?

Close synonyms include hotheaded, impulsive, madcap, tearaway, brainish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is impetuous a common word?

impetuous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.