haste | Definition of haste

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