Impetuous and Knowing

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Impetuous adjective - Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.

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Knowing is an antonym for impetuous.

Nearby Words: impetuosity, impetuously

Knowing adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.

Usage example: after giving knowing offense to people of Italian ancestry, he gave the lame excuse that it had all been a joke

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Impetuous is an antonym for knowing.

Nearby Words: know, known, knowingly

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Knowing and Impetuous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/impetuous/knowing

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