haste

haste is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
2. noun. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
3. noun. To hasten; to hurry.
4. noun. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

   "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

   Synonyms: hurry, rush, rushing

5. noun. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

   "he soon regretted his haste"

   Synonyms: hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation

6. noun. a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

   "in a hurry to lock the door"

   Synonyms: hurry

Synonyms

hurry, rush, rushing, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in haste:

ashet, haets, hates, heats, sheat

Common word forms

hasted, haster, hastes, hasting, hasteful, hasteless

Words from these letters

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