haste
(hāst)
[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
noun
- Rapidity of action or motion.
- Overeagerness to act.
- Rash or headlong action; precipitateness.
intr. & tr.v.: hast·ed, hast·ing, hastes.
- To hasten or cause to hasten.
idioms
- make haste
- To move or act swiftly; hurry.
synonyms:
haste, celerity, dispatch, expedition, hurry, speed These nouns denote rapidity or promptness of movement or activity: left the room in haste; a legal system not known for celerity; advanced with all possible dispatch; cleaned up with remarkable expedition; worked without hurry; driving with excessive speed.
Antonym: deliberation