Synonyms of headfirst

headfirst

adverb

as in recklessly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recklessly
• impetuously
• impulsively
• headlong
• hurriedly
• precipitously
• precipitately
• rashly
• haphazardly
• automatically
• thoughtlessly
• headily
• impatiently
• hastily
• cursorily
• hotheadedly
• hotfoot
• abruptly
• pell-mell
• glancingly
• spontaneously
• suddenly
• impromptu
• offhandedly
• offhand

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deliberately
• tentatively
• hesitantly
• circumspectly
• slowly
• designedly
• haltingly
• hesitatingly
• leisurely
• studiedly
• falteringly
• calculatingly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of headfirst

This story is the perfect example of being thrown headfirst into a story and watching the narrative’s complexities unfold before your eyes. —American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025

The series is less a procedural crime drama than a social portrait diving headfirst into the simmering cultural anxiety around boys and young men in the age of incels, male dislocation, and toxic podcasts. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025

He was found buried headfirst in a tree well, The Seattle Times added. —Sam Gillette, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025

There are committed performances, and there’s Kidman’s all-or-nothing interpretation of a CEO diving headfirst into an affair with a younger man in Halina Reijn’s conversation-starter of a romantic melodrama. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025