Impulsive
Related Definitions
[adj] 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"; (`brainish' is archaic)
[adj] 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"
[adj] having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"
[adj] without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
[adj] proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"
Synonyms
arbitrary, brainish, capricious, driving, dynamic, dynamical, hotheaded, impetuous, incautious, madcap, self-generated, spontaneous, tearaway(a), unpremeditated, unprompted, whimsical
Related Terms
a bit previous, abrupt, actuating, adrift, advanced, afloat, alternating, amorphous, animating, automatic, blind, breakneck, breathless, brittle, capricious, causal, causative, changeable, changeful, changing, choppy, compelling, compulsive, conditioned,