haste

Speech parts

1. haste - Noun

2. haste - Verb

3. Haste - Proper noun

Meaning

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

To hasten; to hurry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hurry precipitation rush speed scurry rushing dispatch quickness expedition swiftness hastiness hurriedness trice ado hie
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Antonyms

potter dally rove rest prudence dawdle
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Hypernyms

move movement speed motion fastness urgency

Hyponyms

bolt scurry dash scramble scamper abruptness

Phrases with the word

in haste without haste with all possible haste act of leaving in haste with all haste made haste

Derivatives

hasted Hasting

Anagrams

ashet heast heats sateh sheat Tesha hates

Examples

Haste in every business brings failure. Herodotus

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better. Horatio Nelson

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. Soren Kierkegaard

Haste is good only for catching flies. Russian Proverb

Haste makes waste. English Proverb

Anger and haste hinder good counsel. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

hastated hastately hastatoside hasteful hasteless hastelessness