Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Rashness

Nouns
  • rashness etc. adj.
  • temerity, want of caution, imprudence, indiscretion
  • overconfidence, presumption, audacity. precipitancy, precipitation
  • impetuosity
  • levity
  • foolhardihood, foolhardiness
  • heedlessness, thoughtlessness etc. (inattention) Inattention
  • carelessness etc. (neglect) Neglect
  • desperation
  • Quixotism, knight-errantry
  • fire eating. gaming, gambling
  • blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise
  • too many eggs in one basket. desperado, rashling, madcap, daredevil, Hotspur, fire eater, bully, bravo, Hector, scapegrace
  • Don Quixote, knight-errant, Icarus
  • adventurer
  • gambler, gamester
  • dynamitard
  • boomer [U.S.].
Verbs
  • be rash etc. adj.
  • stick at nothing, play a desperate game
  • run into danger etc. Danger
  • play with fire, play with edge tools. carry too much sail, sail too near the wind, ride at single anchor, go out of one's depth. take a leap in the dark
  • knock, one's bead against a wall etc. (be unskillful) Unskillfulness
  • rush on destruction
  • kick against the pricks, tempt Providence, go on a forlorn hope, go on a fool's errand. reckon one's chickens before they are reckon one's chickens before they are hatched, count one's chickens before they are hatched, reckon without one's host
  • catch at straws
  • trust to a broken reed, lean on a broken reed.
Adjectives
  • rash, incautious, indiscreet
  • imprudent, improvident, temerarious
  • uncalculating
  • heedless
  • careless etc. (neglectful) Neglect
  • without ballast, heels over head, head over heels
  • giddy etc. (inattentive) Inattention
  • wanton, reckless, wild, madcap
  • desperate, devil-may-care. hot-blooded, hotheaded, hotbrained
  • headlong, headstrong
  • breakneck
  • foolhardy
  • harebrained
  • precipitate, impulsive. overconfident, overweening
  • venturesome, venturous
  • adventurous, Quixotic, fire eating, cavalier
  • janty, jaunty, free and easy. off one's guard etc. (inexpectant) Inexpectation.
Adverbs
  • post haste, hand over head, headforemost
  • happen what may, come what may.
Phrases
  • neck or nothing, the devil being in one