madcap

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”

   Synonymshotheadedimpulsiveimpetuoustearawaybrainish

   Similarincautious

   archaism

Other forms of madcap

plural

madcaps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about madcap

What does madcap mean?

madcap means "a reckless impetuous irresponsible person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in madcap?

madcap has 2 syllables: mad-cap. The stress falls on "mad". In IPA it is /ˈmædˌkæp/.

What is another word for madcap?

Close synonyms include daredevil, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum. 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 madcap a common word?

madcap 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.

What rhymes with madcap?

7 words rhyme with madcap. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.