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Adjectives (9)

heady, intoxicating

adj. extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic

foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless

adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

judicious, wise, heady

adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

Fuzzynyms (71)

dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous

adj. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"

rousing, stirring

adj. capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"

dramatic, spectacular, striking

adj. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"

moving

adj. arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne

exhilarating, stimulating

adj. making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air"

potent, strong

adj. having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

strong

adj. having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"

impetuous

adj. marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves"

rash

adj. imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith

audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous

adj. disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"

freewheeling

adj. free of restraints or rules; "freewheeling foolishness"; "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style"

careless

adj. effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace"

indiscreet

adj. lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best"

heedless, unnoticing, unobservant

adj. (inattentive)

incautious

adj. carelessly failing to exercise proper caution; "an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs"

negligent

adj. characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"

heedless, unheeding

adj. marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying"

imprudent

adj. not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger

wise

adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

judicious

adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

judicious, sensible

adj. proceeding from good judgment

worldly-wise

adj. experienced in and wise to the ways of the world

cautious

adj. showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"

argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful

adj. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"

farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted

adj. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

prescient

adj. perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere

perspicacious, sagacious, sapient

adj. acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"

astute, sharp, shrewd

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

cagey, cagy, canny, clever

adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

cagey, cagy, chary

adj. characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"

utilitarian

adj. having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware"

reasonable, sensible

adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"

Synonyms (34)

breathless, breathtaking

adj. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"

voltaic, galvanic

adj. pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic) couple"

elating, exhilarating

adj. making lively and joyful

thrilling

adj. causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock; "a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake"

glamorous, glamourous

adj. having an air of allure, romance and excitement; "glamorous movie stars"

hot

adj. marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"

titillating

adj. pleasantly and superficially exciting

tickling, tingling, titillating

adj. exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing

adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

daredevil, temerarious

adj. presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"

nervy

adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"

emboldened

adj. made bold or courageous

heroic, heroical

adj. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"

overreaching, vaulting

adj. revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"

overvaliant

adj. having or showing undue valor or boldness; "a foolish overvaliant act"

circumspect, discreet

adj. heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"

provident

adj. careful in regard to your own interests; "the prudent use and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are provident"

prudential

adj. arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters; "he abstained partly for prudential reasons"

Antonyms (2)

imprudent

foolish

adj. devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

heady

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