tearaway

Examples

• All

• The team’s tearaway decision to invest failed to pay off.

• He was known for his tearaway attitude, never thinking before acting.

• Her tearaway behavior often got her into trouble at school.

• That tearaway driver nearly caused an accident!

• The tearaway driver sped through the streets without a care for the traffic rules.

• She was known as a tearaway in school, always rushing into trouble without thinking.

• His tearaway antics often got him into difficult situations with his friends.

Synonyms

I

impulsive

vstearaway

78 4.4

Acting suddenly without careful thought because of a strong feeling

is similar but stresses haste and reckless wildness rather than emotion

I

impetuous

vstearaway

14 8.0

To act quickly without thinking about the results

is about acting with excessive haste and wildness rather than mere speed

H

hotheaded

vstearaway

• Informal

7 6.2

Quick to become angry and act without thinking

is about hasty reckless action driven by speed or wildness not anger

M

madcap

vstearaway

• Informal

4 7.7

Acting quickly without thinking and often doing risky things

is similarly hasty but focuses more on reckless uncontrolled behaviour

B

brainish

vstearaway

1 9.9

Acting quickly without thinking

is more extreme adding wild or frantic behaviour beyond rashness

Antonyms

C

cautious

210 2.9

Careful to avoid risk or mistakes

T

thoughtful

19 3.2

Paying careful attention to what is happening

How Reckless

tearaway

• UK

1 9.0

reckless

193 3.6

wild

2 2.8

impulsive

78 4.4

hasty

63 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology