N. {ant. 133} earliness, morning,
punctuality,
promptitude,
haste, suddenness,
prematurity,
precocity,
precipitation,
anticipation, a stitch in time
V. be early, be beforehand, keep time, take time by the forelock,
anticipate,
forestall, have the start, gain the start, steal a march upon, gain time, draw on futurity,
bespeak, secure,
engage,
preengage,
accelerate,
expedite, make haste
Adj. early, prime, forward,
prompt, summary,
premature,
precipitate,
precocious,
prevenient,
anticipatory,
rath, sudden, unexpected, near, near at hand, immediate
Adv. early, soon,
anon,
betimes,
rath,
eft,
eftsoons, ere long, before long, shortly,
beforehand,
prematurely,
precipitately, too soon, before its time, before one's time, in anticipation, unexpectedly, suddenly, before one can say "jack robinson", at short notice,
extempore, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, at once, on the spot, on the instant, at sight,
offhand, out of hand, a' vue d'oeil, straight,
straightway,
straightforth,
forthwith, incontinently,
summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily,
apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly
Phr. no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner, tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre
N. lowering, depression, dip,
abasement,
detrusion, reduction, overthrow, overset, overturn,
upset,
prostration,
subversion,
precipitation, bow,
courtesy,
curtsy, genuflexion,
genuflection,
kowtow,
obeisance,
salaam V. depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink,
debase, bring low,
abase, reduce,
detrude, pitch,
precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset,
upset,
subvert,
prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down,
raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down,
couch,
squat,
crouch,
stoop, bend, bow,
courtesy,
curtsy,
bob,
duck, dip,
kneel, bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head, cower,
recline Adj. depressed, at a low ebb,
prostrate, detrusive
Phr. facinus quos inquinat aequat
N. density,
solidity, solidness,
impenetrability,
impermeability,
incompressibility,
imporosity,
cohesion,
constipation,
consistence, spissitude|,
specific gravity,
hydrometer,
areometer,
condensation,
caseation, solidation,
solidification,
consolidation,
concretion,
coagulation,
petrification,
crystallization,
precipitation, deposit,
precipitate,
inspissation,
gelation,
thickening,
indivisibility,
indiscerptibility,
insolubility,
indissolvableness, solid body, mass, block,
knot,
lump,
concretion, concrete,
conglomerate,
cake,
clot, stone,
curd,
coagulum, bone,
gristle, cartilage,
casein, crassamentum|,
legumin, superdense matter, condensed states of matter, dwarf star, neutron star
V. be dense, become solid, render solid,
solidify,
solidate, concrete, set, take a set,
consolidate,
congeal,
coagulate,
curd,
curdle,
lopper, fix,
clot,
cake,
candy,
precipitate, deposit,
cohere,
crystallize,
petrify,
condense,
thicken, gel,
inspissate,
incrassate,
compress,
squeeze, ram down,
constipate Adj. dense, solid,
solidified,
caseous, pukka,
coherent,
cohesive, compact, close,
serried,
thickset, substantial, massive,
lumpish,
impenetrable,
impermeable, nonporous,
imporous,
incompressible,
constipated, concrete,
knotted,
knotty,
gnarled, crystalline,
crystallizable, thick, grumous|,
stuffy, undissolved, unmelted, unliquefied,
unthawed,
indivisible,
indiscerptible,
infrangible,
indissolvable,
indissoluble, insoluble,
infusible Haste Roget’s Thesaurus §684 N. haste,
urgency,
despatch,
dispatch,
acceleration,
spurt,
spirt, forced march,
rush,
dash, speed, velocity,
precipitancy,
precipitation,
precipitousness,
impetuosity, brusquerie,
hurry, drive,
scramble,
bustle,
fuss,
fidget,
flurry,
flutter,
splutter V. haste,
hasten, make haste, make a dash, hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward,
hurry,
skurry, scuttle along, barrel along, bundle on, dart to and fro,
bustle,
flutter,
scramble,
plunge, plunge headlong, dash off,
rush, express, bestir oneself, lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant, make short work of, make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way, be precipitate, jump at, be in haste, be in a hurry, have no time, have not a moment to lose, have not a moment to spare, work against time,
quicken,
accelerate,
expedite, put on,
precipitate,
urge,
whip,
railroad Adj. hasty,
hurried,
brusque,
scrambling,
cursory,
precipitate,
headlong,
furious,
boisterous,
impetuous,
hotheaded,
feverish,
fussy,
pushing, in haste, in a hurry, in hot haste, in all haste, breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed,
urgent Adv. with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed, in haste,
apace,
amain, all at once, at short notice &c, immediately,
posthaste, by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches,
hastily,
precipitately,
helter-skelter,
hurry-skurry, holus-bolus,
slapdash, slap-bang, full-tilt, full drive, heels over head, head and shoulders,
headlong, a corps perdu, by fits and starts, by spurts, hop skip and jump
Phr. sauve qui peut, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost, no sooner said than done, a word and a blow, haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto, ohne hast aber ohne rast, "stand not upon the order of your going but go at once", "swift, swift, you dragons of the night"
N. rashness,
temerity, want of caution,
imprudence,
indiscretion, overconfidence,
presumption,
audacity,
precipitancy,
precipitation,
impetuosity,
levity,
foolhardihood,
foolhardiness,
heedlessness,
thoughtlessness,
carelessness,
desperation,
quixotism,
knight-errantry, fire eating, gaming,
gambling, blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise, too many eggs in one basket,
desperado,
rashling,
madcap, daredevil,
hotspur, fire eater,
bully,
bravo,
hector,
scapegrace, enfant perdu, don quixote, knight- errant, icarus,
adventurer,
gambler,
gamester,
dynamitard,
boomer V. be rash, stick at nothing, play a desperate game, run into danger, play with fire, play with edge tools, carry too much sail, sail too near the wind, ride at single anchor, go out of one's depth, take a leap in the dark, buy a pig in a poke, donner tete baissee,
knock, one's bead against a wall, rush on destruction, kick against the pricks, tempt providence, go on a forlorn hope, go on a fool's errand, reckon one's chickens before they are hatched, count one's chickens before they are hatched, reckon without one's host, catch at straws, trust to a broken reed, lean on a broken reed
Adj. rash,
incautious,
indiscreet,
imprudent,
improvident,
temerarious,
uncalculating,
heedless, careless, without ballast, heels over head, head over heels,
giddy,
wanton,
reckless, wild,
madcap,
desperate, devil-may-care,
hot-blooded,
hotheaded,
hotbrained,
headlong,
headstrong,
breakneck,
foolhardy,
harebrained,
precipitate, impulsive,
overconfident,
overweening,
venturesome,
venturous,
adventurous,
quixotic, fire eating,
cavalier,
janty,
jaunty, free and easy, off one's guard
Adv. post haste, a corps perdu, hand over head, tete baissee,
headforemost, happen what may, come what may
Phr. neck or nothing, the devil being in one, non semper temeritas est felix, paucis temeritas est bono multis malo
