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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | impulsive, unprompted | Proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus |
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| 2 | impulsive | Without forethought | |
| 3 | impulsive, driving | Having the power of driving or impelling | |
| 4 | impulsive, capricious, whimsical | Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | |
| 5 | impulsive, hotheaded, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish | Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
| Sounds | ihmpah'lsihv |
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| Rhymes | abortive, abrasive, abusive, and 298 more rhymes in ihv... |
| Meaning | Proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus. |
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| Examples | "an impulsive gesture of affection" |
| Synonyms | unprompted |
| Similar to | spontaneous, self-generated |
| Nouns | impulsiveness |
| Meaning | Without forethought. |
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| Examples | "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted" |
| Similar to | unpremeditated |
| Nouns | impulsiveness |
| Meaning | Having the power of driving or impelling. |
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| Examples | "an impulsive force" |
| Synonyms | driving |
| Similar to | dynamic, dynamical |
| Verbs | impel |
| Meaning | Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason. |
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| Synonyms | capricious, whimsical |
| Similar to | arbitrary |
| Nouns | impulsiveness |
| Meaning | Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. |
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| Examples | "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers" |
| Synonyms | hotheaded, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish |
| Similar to | incautious |
| Usage | archaism, archaicism |
| Nouns | impulsiveness |
| Adverbs | impulsively |
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