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Definitions for Haste

[1] swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
[2] urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush: to be in haste to get ahead in the world.
[3] unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste.
[4] Archaic . to hasten.
[5] make haste , to act or go with speed; hurry: She made haste to tell the president the good news.
[6] speed, esp in an action; swiftness; rapidity
[7] the act of hurrying in a careless or rash manner
[8] a necessity for hurrying; urgency
[9] make haste to hurry; rush
[10] a poetic word for hasten

Words related to Haste

alacrity, urgency, expedition, dispatch, dash, promptness, precipitancy, rapidity, rashness, impatience, scamper, swiftness, hustle, hastiness, flurry, bustle, press, rush, celerity, nimbleness

Words nearby Haste

hast, hasta la vista, hasta luego, hasta mañana, hastate, haste, haste makes waste, hasten, hastie, hastings, hastings, battle of

Origin of Haste

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Germanic; akin to Old Frisian hāste, Old English hæst violence, Old Norse heifst hatred, Gothic haifsts quarrel

Other words from Haste

haste·ful , adjective
haste·ful·ly , adverb
haste·less , adjective
haste·less·ness , noun
un·hast·ed , adjective
un·hast·ing , adjective

Word origin for Haste

C14: from Old French haste, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse heifst hate, Old English hǣst strife, Old High German heisti powerful

Synonyms for Haste

alacrity, urgency, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurriedness, hustle, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, swiftness, velocity, hurly-burly, hustling