impulsive | | |
adj. | 1. impulsive, unprompted | proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus.; "an impulsive gesture of affection" |
| ~ self-generated, spontaneous | happening or arising without apparent external cause.; "spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion" |
adj. | 2. impulsive | without forethought.; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted" |
| ~ unpremeditated | not premeditated. |
adj. | 3. driving, impulsive | having the power of driving or impelling.; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" |
| ~ dynamic, dynamical | characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality.; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm" |
adj. | 4. capricious, impulsive, whimsical | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" |
| ~ arbitrary | based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice.; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves" |
adj. | 5. brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades" |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ incautious | lacking in caution.; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk" |
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