Adjective impetuous has 2 senses
  1. hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish - characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
    Antonym: cautious (indirect, via incautious)
  2. impetuous - marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves"
    Antonyms:
    forceless, unforceful, weak (indirect, via forceful)
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