haste
[noun]
Synonyms:
- speed, alacrity, quickness, rapidity, swiftness, urgency, velocity
- rush, hurry, hustle, impetuosity

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Antonyms: deliberateness, deliberation
Contrasted words: languidness, languor, leisureliness, reluctance, slowness, lethargy, sluggishness, torpor, care, carefulness, circumspection, hastelessness, unhurriedness
Related Words: fastness, fleetness, quickness, rapidity, pace, velocity, dash, drive, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

haste /heɪst/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French]

1. great speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time Synonym : hurry:
I soon regretted my haste.
in your haste to do something
In his haste to leave, he forgot his briefcase.

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In everyday English, people usually say hurry rather than haste:
In my hurry, I left my coat behind.

2. in haste written or formal quickly or in a hurry:
They left in haste, without even saying goodbye.

3. make haste old use to hurry or do something quickly

4. more haste less speed British English, haste makes waste American English used to say that it is better to do something slowly, because if you do it too quickly you will make mistakes

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

haste
noun
ADJ. blind, breathless, frantic, great She worked with frantic haste.
indecent, reckless, undue He accused the government of undue haste in bringing in the new law.
VERB + HASTE make I had to make haste if I wasn't to be late.
PREP. in (your) ~ They obviously left in great haste. In his haste to get home, he forgot to go to the library.
with ~ He married again with almost indecent haste.
without ~ They approached without haste.
PHRASES with all haste The ships were ordered to sea with all haste.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

haste
heɪst
See: make haste

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲