Synonyms for headlong
ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋhead·long

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1. hasty, headlongadjective

   excessively quick

   "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

   Synonyms:
   overhasty, precipitous, headfirst, precipitate, precipitant, hasty

   Antonyms:
   backward, unhurried

2. headfirst, headlongadverb

   with the head foremost

   "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool"

   Synonyms:
   headfirst, hasty

   Antonyms:
   backward, unhurried

3. headlong, headfirstadverb

   with the head foremost

   "the runner slid headlong into third base"

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

4. headlong, precipitatelyadverb

   at breakneck speed

   "burst headlong through the gate"

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

5. headlong, rashlyadverb

   in a hasty and foolhardy manner

   "he fell headlong in love with his cousin"

   Synonyms:
   precipitately, headfirst, rashly

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, backward

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1. headlongadjective

   Synonyms:
   rashly, hastily, precipitately, head-foremost, thoughtlessly, without deliberation

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1. headlongadverb

   Synonyms:
   headforemost, precipitately, rashly, pell-mell, helter-skelter, confusedly

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1. List of paraphrases for "headlong":

   hasty

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1. Nigel Farage:

   The Macron agenda -- more money, more taxation, more military power, foreign policy without national veto -- everything Macron is talking about runs into a headlong collision with the way the peoples of Europe are feeling.

2. Seneca:

   While the fates permit, live happily life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.

3. Stephen Innes:

   Pelosi's Taiwan visit is tainting sentiment today. And amid escalating tensions in Taiwan Strait and deepening worries about a global economic slowdown, investors are diving headlong into Stephen Innes bonds, no party wants a real war, but the risk of mishap or even aggressive war game escalation is real, which could always lead to a tactical mistake.

4. Saadi Shirazi:

   Affairs succeed by patience, and he that is hasty falleth headlong.

5. Jean Cocteau:

   There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.