WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
hast•y /ˈheɪsti/USA pronunciation
adj., -i•er, -i•est.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- moving, acting, or done with haste:a hasty visit.
- too quick; rash:regretted his hasty decision.
hast•y
(hā′stē),USA pronunciation adj., hast•i•er, hast•i•est.
hast′i•ly, adv.
hast′i•ness, n.
- moving or acting with haste;
speedy;
quick;
hurried. - made or done with haste or speed:a hasty visit.
- unduly quick;
precipitate;
rash:a hasty decision. - brief;
fleeting;
slight;
superficial:a hasty glance. - impatient;
impetuous;
thoughtless;
injudicious:hasty words. - easily irritated or angered;
irascible:a hasty temper.
- Middle French hasti, hastif; see haste, -ive
- Middle English 1300–50
hast′i•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swift, rapid, fast, fleet, brisk.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged foolhardy, reckless, headlong.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged testy, touchy, fiery, excitable, irritable.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged slow.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deliberate.
'hastily' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
amain
- bar
- barricade
- base
- bolt
- breakaway
- bunk
- cast
- clap
- cook
- cram
- cut
- daily
- dash
- decipher
- deliberate
- distress signal
- eye
- fichu
- flight
- glance
- gobble
- gun
- headlong
- hook
- huddle
- impromptu
- jump
- knock off
- lashup
- lick
- make
- misspeak
- pack
- pick-up
- pot shot
- precipitant
- precipitate
- railroad
- rash
- reach
- riffle
- rip
- roadblock
- rough-and-ready
- run over
- run through
- scamper
- scan
- scat