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Synonyms
haste (hāst)

[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

noun 

  1. Rapidity of action or motion.
  2. Overeagerness to act.
  3. 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