Synonyms and Antonyms of reckless
- the reckless skiers were making everyone nervous by schussing down the mountainside at lightning speed
adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, venturesome
hasty, headlong, hotheaded, impetuous, precipitate, rash, wild
blithe, carefree, happy-go-lucky, madcap, slaphappy
nonchalant, unconcerned, unworried
careless, freewheeling, heedless, inattentive, incautious, mindless, regardless, unheeding, unmindful
- the calamitous accident was caused by a reckless driver who cut off the semitrailer
adventuresome, adventurous, bold, daring, venturesome, venturous
brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous
impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, rash
brainless, foolish, harebrained, scatterbrained
fainthearted, fearful, mousy (or mousey), scary, shy, skittish, timid, timorous
calm, cool, levelheaded, sensible
alert, intelligent, quick-witted, sharp
chicken, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, lily-livered, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow