Headlong
Headlong adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
Usage example: terrified forest creatures in a headlong retreat from the rapidly spreading fire
Pell-mell
Pell-mell adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
Usage example: when the theater doors opened, there was a pell-mell rush for the best seats
Headlong is a synonym for pell-mell in helter-skelter topic. You can use "Headlong" instead the phrase "Pell-mell" as an adverb or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as hurriedly and carelessly.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rash and headlong
- rash and pell-mell
- precipitate and headlong
- precipitate and pell-mell
- quick and headlong
- quick and pell-mell
- hasty and headlong
- hasty and pell-mell
- helter-skelter and headlong
- helter-skelter and pell-mell
- hurried and headlong
- hurried and pell-mell
- recklessly and headlong
- recklessly and pell-mell
Cite this Source
Pell-mell and Headlong. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/pell-mell
Headlong & Pell-mell. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/pell-mell>.
Pell-mell or Headlong. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/pell-mell.
