haste
noun
[ heɪst ]
• excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry.
• "working with feverish haste"
Similar:
speed,
hastiness,
hurry,
hurriedness,
swiftness,
rapidity,
rapidness,
quickness,
promptness,
briskness,
immediateness,
impetuosity,
precipitateness,
rush,
rushing,
celerity,
fleetness,
expedition,
expeditiousness,
promptitude,
quickly,
rapidly,
fast,
speedily,
with alacrity,
with urgency,
in a rush,
in a hurry,
with dispatch,
haste
verb
• archaic term for hasten.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French haste (noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin.
make haste
• hurry; hasten.
• "I make haste to seal this"
Similar:
hurry,
go fast,
go quickly,
hasten,
hurtle,
dash,
dart,
race,
rush,
fly,
flash,
shoot,
streak,
bolt,
bound,
blast,
charge,
chase,
career,
hurry up,
speed up,
scurry,
scramble,
scamper,
scuttle,
sprint,
run,
gallop,
go like lightning,
go hell for leather,
scutter,
whizz,
whoosh,
vroom,
tear,
scoot,
hare,
pelt,
zip,
whip,
zoom,
belt,
beetle,
buzz,
get a move on,
step on it,
hotfoot it,
burn rubber,
go like a bat out of hell,
bomb,
bucket,
shift,
put one's foot down,
go like the clappers,
leg it,
wheech,
hightail,
barrel,
boogie,
clip,
lay rubber,
get the lead out,
cut along,
post,
hie,
fleet,
drag/tear/haul ass,