precipitant English

Meaning precipitant meaning

What does precipitant mean?

precipitant

— noun an agent that causes a precipitate to form

— adjective (= hasty, overhasty, precipitate) done with very great haste and without due deliberation hasty marriage seldom proveth well — Shakespeare hasty makeshifts take the place of planning — Arthur Geddes rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king

Synonyms precipitant synonyms

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precipitant English » English

precipitate

hasty

precipitous

overhasty

violent

swift

speedy

snappy

rash

rapid

quick

precipitation reagent

precipitating agent

over-hasty

impetuous

hurried

high-speed

flying

fleet

fast-flying

fast

expeditious

early

agile

abrupt