Helter-skelter
Helter-skelter adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
Usage example: a bill that was pushed through committee in a last-minute helter-skelter burst of legislative activity
Impetuous and helter-skelter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impetuous" instead an adjective phrase "Helter-skelter".
Impetuous
Impetuous adjective - Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
Helter-skelter and impetuous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Helter-skelter" instead an adjective "Impetuous".
Nearby Words: impetuosity, impetuously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- impulsive and helter-skelter
- impulsive and impetuous
- wild and helter-skelter
- wild and impetuous
- reckless and helter-skelter
- reckless and impetuous
- rash and helter-skelter
- rash and impetuous
- precipitate and helter-skelter
- precipitate and impetuous
- hasty and helter-skelter
- hasty and impetuous
- headlong and helter-skelter
- headlong and impetuous
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Impetuous and Helter-skelter. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/helter-skelter/impetuous
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