Synonyms for haste
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : heyst |
| Phonetic Transcription : heɪst |
Top 10 synonyms for haste Other synonyms for the word haste
- expeditiousness
- fleetness
- flurry
- foolhardiness
- hastiness
- heedlessness
- hurly-burly
- hurriedness
- hustle
- hustling
- impatience
- impetuosity
- incautiousness
- nimbleness
- pace
- precipitancy
- precipitateness
- prematureness
- press
- promptitude
- promptness
- quickness
- rapidity
- rapidness
- rashness
- recklessness
- rush
- scamper
- scramble
- scurry
- scuttle
- swiftness
- velocity
Définition of haste
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French haste "haste, urgency, hastiness" (12c., Modern French hâte), from Frankish *haifst "violence," from West Germanic *haifstiz (cf. Gothic haifsts "strife," Old English hæste "violent, vehement, impetuous"). To make haste is recorded by 1530s.
- noun extreme speed, hurry
- The major was in no haste to leave, but he spent most of his time with Mark, and was in nobody's way.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Then came Alfred Ried in haste, and apologizing for the long delay.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- She would have passed him with a word in her haste, but he turned and walked with her.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Our friend will overlook the matter if you do but say that you have acted in heat and haste.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She spoke with a touch of haste, as if battling against some hindrance within.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He seems often to have realized the faults of his own haste.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- And in the meantime a trireme was despatched in all haste to carry their petition to Sparta.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- But after a night of cool reflection they began to repent of their haste.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- It was the need of being by herself, the haste of communing alone with her great happiness.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- No wonder that he was in haste to speak, after holding his tongue for such a length of time!
- Extract from : « A Bell's Biography » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Antonyms for haste
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