n.
Function: adjective
1 characterized by impetuous or unexpected haste FF1C; beat a precipitate retreat FF1E;
Synonyms: abrupt, hasty, headlong, hurried, impetuous, precipitant, precipitous, rushing, subitaneous, sudden
Related Words: breakneck, headstrong, hotheaded, impatient, impulsive, madcap, refractory, uncontrolled, willful; unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for; overhasty
Contrasted Words: leisurely, slow, unhurried
Antonyms: deliberate
2
Synonyms: STEEP 1, abrupt, arduous, precipitous, sheer, sideling, steepdown, steep-to, steep-up, ||stickle