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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, noun That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. --Sir W. Wotton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impulsive \Im*pul"sive\, adjective [Cf. F. impulsif.]
1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do some impulsive force obey. --Prior.
2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
My heart, impulsive and wayward. --Longfellow.
3. (Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impulsive
adjective
1: proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection" [syn: {unprompted}]
2: without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
3: having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" [syn: {driving}]
4: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: {capricious}, {whimsical}]
5: 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) [syn: {hotheaded}, {impetuous}, {madcap}, {tearaway(a)}, {brainish}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
238 Moby Thesaurus words for "impulsive": a bit previous, abrupt, actuating, adrift, advanced, afloat, alternating, amorphous, animating, automatic, blind, breakneck, breathless, brittle, capricious, causal, causative, changeable, changeful, changing, choppy, compelling, compulsive, conditioned, corruptible, deciduous, desultory, deviable, deviating, deviative, deviatory, devil-may-care, different, directive, disorderly, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dizzy, driving, dying, eccentric, electrifying, emotional, ephemeral, erose, erratic, evanescent, extemporaneous, fading, far ahead, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, fleeting, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, fly-by-night, flying, foolhardy, forced, forward, fragile, frail, freakish, fugacious, fugitive, giddy, half-baked, half-cocked, hasty, headlong, ill-considered, immediate, impatient, impellent, impelling, impermanent, impetuous, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, inducive, infirm, inherent, innate, instinctive, insubstantial, involuntary, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, jagged, jerky, libidinal, madcap, mazy, mechanical, mercurial, momentary, moody, mortal, motivating, motivational, motive, motley, moving, mutable, natural, nerve-shattering, nonconformist, nondurable, nonpermanent, nonstandard, nonuniform, not firm, offhand, overhasty, oversoon, panting, passing, perishable, pluralistic, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, precocious, premature, pressing, previous, pulsive, quick, ragged, rambling, rash, reckless, reflex, reflexive, restless, rough, roving, rushed, scatterbrained, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shocking, short-lived, shuffling, snap, spasmodic, speedy, spineless, spontaneous, sporadic, spur-of-the-moment, startling, subliminal, sudden, surprising, swift, temporal, temporary, thrusting, too early, too soon, transient, transitive, transitory, unaccountable, unanticipated, uncertain, unconscious, unconsidered, uncontrolled, uncrystallized, undependable, undisciplined, undurable, unenduring, unequable, unequal, uneven, unexpected, unfixed, unforeseen, unintentional, unjelled, unlearned, unlooked-for, unmatured, unmeditated, unorthodox, unplanned, unpredictable, unpredicted, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprompted, unreliable, unrestrained, unripe, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsystematic, unthinking, untimely, ununiform, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting, urgent, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical, wild, wishy-washy
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