Synonyms for precipitate
prɪˈsɪp ɪˌteɪt; -tɪt, -ˌteɪt

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1. precipitate(adj)

   a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

2. hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous(verb)

   done with very great haste and without due deliberation

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   precipitous, overhasty, headlong, abrupt, sharp, hasty, precipitant

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

3. precipitate(verb)

   bring about abruptly

   "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

   Synonyms:
   fall, come down

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

4. precipitate(verb)

   separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

   Synonyms:
   fall, come down

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

5. precipitate, come down, fall(verb)

   fall from clouds

   "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

   Synonyms:
   shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, diminish, sicken, flow, settle, reduce, light, lessen, devolve, pass, descend, come, fall, return, boil down, hang, decrease, fall down

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

6. precipitate(verb)

   fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

   "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

   Synonyms:
   fall, come down

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

7. precipitate(verb)

   hurl or throw violently

   "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

   Synonyms:
   fall, come down

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. precipitate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   throw or hurl headlong

2. precipitate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward

3. precipitate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   (Chem.) throw down, cause to subside

4. precipitate(n.)

   Synonyms:
   (Chem.) precipitated substance

5. precipitate(a.)

   Synonyms:
   hasty, hurried, rash, headlong, reckless, indiscreet

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1. List of paraphrases:

   precipitated, hasty, precipitous, rush, hurried, over-hasty, overhasty, pellet, rushinto, premature, plunge

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