impulsive English

Meaning impulsive meaning

What does impulsive mean?

impulsive

— adjective proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus an impulsive gesture of affection

— adjective without forethought letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted

— adjective (= capricious, 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

— adjective (= hotheaded, impetuous, madcap, brainish) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; ; ; ; ; ('brainish' is archaic) a hotheaded decision liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers an impetuous display of spending and gambling madcap escapades

— adjective (= driving) having the power of driving or impelling a driving personal ambition the driving force was his innate enthusiasm an impulsive force

Synonyms impulsive synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as impulsive?

impulsive English » English

impetuous

rash

hasty

reckless

heedless

unprompted

hotheaded

whimsical

violent

tearaway

spontaneous

madcap

foolhardy

driving

capricious

brainish

warm

vehement

unsystematic

unscientific

unscheduled

unplanned

unexpected

tetchy

techy

sudden

spur-of-the-moment

precipitous

precipitate

on a whim

irreflexive

instantaneous

inconclusive

incentive

inadvertent

ill-considered

hot-spirited

heady

half-baked

fulminant

eccentric

eager

dashing

casual

brash

ardent

acute

accidental

abrupt

Topics impulsive topics

What do people use impulsive to talk about?

Language and thought Soul, spirit

Personality

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  introvert extrovert outgoing shy quiet sociable talkative vivacious intense easy-going down-to-earth homespun melancholic phlegmatic choleric sanguine logical emotional unemotional impulsive cool-headed even keeled flamboyant