<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste.</li><li>Antonyms: sloth</li><li>urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush: to be in haste to get ahead in the world.</li><li>Synonyms: urgency, ado, bustle, flurry</li><li>unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste.</li><li>Synonyms: precipitation, precipitancy</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with or without object), hast·ed, hast·ing. Archaic: to hasten.</li></ul>