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Another word for impulsive

impulsive Synonyms

impulsive

modif.

Spontaneous
offhand, unpremeditated, extemporaneous, spur-of-the-moment*; see automatic 2, extemporaneous, spontaneous.
Impetuous
sudden, hasty, unpredictable; see careless 1, changeable 1, rash. See syn. study at spontaneous.

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Another word for impulsive

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Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste:
brash, foolhardy, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, ill-considered, impetuous, improvident, incautious, madcap, precipitant, precipitate, rash¹, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered. See careful
Acting or happening without apparent forethought, prompting, or planning:
automatic, instinctive, involuntary, reflex, spontaneous, unpremeditated. See planned

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Had his offer been as impulsive as her acceptance?
We are thus led to the following statement: the change of kinetic energy due to any system of impulsive forces is equal to the sum of the products of the several forces into the semisum of the initial and final velocities of their respective points of application, resolved in the directions of the forces.
His conduct being attacked, he declined renomination for the governorship, but was unanimously returned by Albemarle as a delegate to the state legislature; and on the day previously set for legislative inquiry on a resolution offered by an impulsive critic, he received, by unanimous vote of the house, a declaration of thanks and confidence.
But if he lacked the brilliant qualities of his impulsive, jovial father, he possessed in a high degree the compensating virtues of moderation, sobriety and self-control.
It is clear that the position of a chancellor holding these views in relation to a ruler so masterful and so impulsive as the emperor William II.

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