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Showing words for IMPULSIVE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Impulsive

impulsive

7 Letter Words for Impulsive

implies, impulse, milieus, mislive, pulsive

6 Letter Words for Impulsive

epulis, impels, impies, mespil, milieu, milsie, milvus, mislie, muesli, musive, mvules, pelvis, pielum, pileum, pileus, pilies, plumes, pumies, sepium, simile, simple, simule, sumple, visile, vulpes

5 Letter Words for Impulsive

elvis, emuls, evils, ileum, ileus, ilium, impel, impis, ivies, lepus, lieus, limes, limps, lipse, lives, lumps, lupis, melis, miles, muils, mules, mulse, musie, mvule, pilei, piles, pilis, pilum, pilus, pisum, piums, pleis, plies, plims, plume, plums, pules, pulis, pulse, pumie, pusle, sevum, simul, slime, slipe, slive, slump, smile, speil, spiel, spile, spule, spume, veils, velum, visie, vleis, vlies

4 Letter Words for Impulsive

elms, emus, epil, evil, impi, imps, impv, ipil, ipse, isle, leis, leps, levi, lies, lieu, lime, limp, limu, lipe, lips, lisp, lisu, live, lues, lump, lums, lupe, mels, meus, mile, mils, mips, muil, mule, muse, pelu, pies, pile, pili, pilm, pise, pium, pius, plie, plim, plum, plus, pule, puli, puls, pulv, seil, semi, sile, sime, simi, simp, sipe, sium, slim, slip, slue, slum, slup, spie, spiv, spue, sumi, sump, supe, ules, umps, veil, veps, vesp, vies, vile, vims, vips, vise, vlei, vlsi, vums

3 Letter Words for Impulsive

eli, elm, els, emp, ems, emu, epi, esm, esp, esu, ile, imi, imp, imu, ipl, ipm, ips, ise, isl, ism, ive, lei, lem, lep, les, leu, lev, lie, lim, lip, lis, lpm, lue, lum, mei, mel, mes, meu, mil, mis, mls, msl, mus, mvp, pel, pes, pie, pil, pis, piu, pli, plu, pms, psi, pul, pus, sei, sel, sem, sep, sie, sil, sim, sip, sle, sml, spl, sue, sui, sum, sup, ule, ume, ump, ums, ups, use, vei, vel, vie, vii, vil, vim, vip, vis, vum

Definitions for Impulsive

[1] actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
[2] having the power or effect of impelling; characterized by impulsion: impulsive forces.
[3] inciting to action: the impulsive effects of a revolutionary idea.
[4] Mechanics . (of forces) acting momentarily; not continuous.
[5] characterized by actions based on sudden desires, whims, or inclinations rather than careful thought an impulsive man
[6] based on emotional impulses or whims; spontaneous an impulsive kiss
[7] forceful, inciting, or impelling
[8] (of physical forces) acting for a short time; not continuous
[9] (of a sound) brief, loud, and having a wide frequency range

Words related to Impulsive

impetuous, offhand, hasty, violent, abrupt, instinctive, passionate, spontaneous, ad-lib, automatic, careless, devil-may-care, emotional, extemporaneous, flaky, headlong, intuitive, involuntary, mad, precipitate

Words nearby Impulsive

impulse, impulse buying, impulse control disorder, impulse turbine, impulsion, impulsive, impulsive obsession, impundulu, impunity, impure, impure flutter

Origin of Impulsive

1375–1425 for an earlier sense; 1545–55 for current senses; late Middle English impulsif < Medieval Latin impulsīvus. See impulse, -ive

Words that may be confused with Impulsive

compulsive, impulsive, impetuous, (see, synonym, study, at, impetuous)

Other words from Impulsive

im·pul·sive·ly , adverb
im·pul·sive·ness , im·pul·siv·i·ty , noun
non·im·pul·sive , adjective
non·im·pul·sive·ly , adverb
non·im·pul·sive·ness , noun
un·im·pul·sive , adjective
un·im·pul·sive·ly , adverb
im•pul′ sive•ness null n.

Synonyms for Impulsive

abrupt, hasty, impetuous, instinctive, offhand, passionate, spontaneous, violent, ad-lib, automatic, careless, devil-may-care, emotional, extemporaneous, flaky, gone off deep end, headlong, hot-and-cold, intuitive, involuntary, jumping the gun, mad, precipitate, quick, rash, sudden, swift, unconsidered, unexpected, unmeditated, unpredictable, unpremeditated, unprompted, up-and-down, winging it