nnoun.substancean agent that causes a precipitate to formDerivationally Related Form:precipitate
Hypernyms:agent
Inherited Hypernyms:precipitantagentcausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:precipitantagentsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:dimethylglyoxime
Full Hyponyms:dimethylglyoxime
adj satadj.alldone with very great haste and without due deliberationSynset:hasty overhasty precipitate precipitous
Examples:- hasty marriage seldom proveth well - Shakespeare
- hasty makeshifts take the place of planning - Arthur Geddes
- rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
- wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
Antonyms:unhurried
Derivationally Related Form:precipitatehastinesshasteprecipitanceprecipitatenessprecipitousnessprecipitancy
Inherited Hypernyms:hasty
Similar to:hurried