hasty
Done too quickly and without thinking.
hasty in a sentence
- Making a hasty exit, Sam grabbed his sister's shoes instead of his own.
- The hasty repair with sticky tape lasted five minutes before the puppet's arm fell off again.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to hasty?
- Apatient
- Bcareful
- Crushed
- Dslow
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C: rushed. The other three mean the opposite of hasty.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to hasty?
- Aquick
- Bspeedy
- Crushed
- Dcareful
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D: careful. The other three mean nearly the same as hasty.
Words that mean something similar
rushed, quick, speedy
Words that mean the opposite
careful, patient, slow
Careful: hasty is not rash
Hasty is about speed. Rash is about ignoring what happens next. Read why children mix them up.
More words about movement & action
- hectic: Extremely busy and full of rushing about.
- hinder: To make something harder to do or slow it down.
- hoist: To lift something up, often using ropes or effort.
- hurtle: To move very fast, often without control.
- immobile: Not moving or not able to move.
- intercept: To stop or catch something before it reaches where it is going.
- jaunt: A short trip taken for fun.
- jostle: To push and bump against people in a crowd.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test