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harum-scarum

The word “harum-scarum” has 4 syllables: ha-rum-scar-um

It's pronounced as /ˌhɛrəmˈskɛrəm/

What is synonym and antonym for harum-scarum?

In the thesaurus, “harum-scarum” has 73 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for harum-scarum along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for harum-scarum

Antonyms for harum-scarum

Meanings of harum-scarum

  • noun
    1. A giddy, rash person.
  • adjective
    1. Wild, careless, irresponsible.
  • adverb
    1. Wildly, carelessly, irresponsibly.

Example Sentences

  • His harum-scarum plan surprised everyone at the meeting.
  • They lived a harum-scarum life, always chasing the next adventure.
  • The movie’s plot felt harum-scarum, jumping wildly from scene to scene.
  • She rushed out in a harum-scarum way, forgetting her keys behind.
  • His harum-scarum driving style made passengers nervous.

On this page you'll find 100 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to harum-scarum, such as: adventurous, agitatedly, aimlessly, amok, amuck, audacious, berserk.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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madly

  • absurdly
  • agitatedly
  • aimlessly
  • amok
  • amuck
  • avidly
  • berserk
  • berserkly
  • chaotically
  • confusedly
  • crazily
  • deliriously
  • dementedly
  • desperately
  • devotedly
  • distractedly
  • eagerly
  • energetically
  • enthusiastically
  • exceedingly
  • excessively
  • excitedly
  • extremely
  • exuberantly
  • fanatically
  • feverishly
  • foolishly
  • frantically
  • frenetically
  • frenziedly
  • furiously
  • haphazard
  • haphazardly
  • hard
  • harum-scarum
  • hastily
  • haywire
  • hectically
  • heedlessly
  • helter-skelter
  • hit or miss
  • hotheadedly
  • hurriedly
  • hysterically
  • impatiently
  • insanely
  • intensely
  • irrationally
  • keenly
  • like mad
  • ludicrously
  • nonsensically
  • passionately
  • pell-mell
  • psychotically
  • quickly
  • rabidly
  • rapidly
  • rashly
  • recklessly
  • rhapsodically
  • riotously
  • senselessly
  • skittishly
  • sky-high
  • something fierce
  • speedily
  • stormily
  • to distraction
  • topsy-turvy
  • tumultuously
  • turbulently
  • uncontrollably
  • unreasonably
  • violently
  • wantonly
  • warmly
  • wild
  • wildly
  • zealously

unanticipated

  • a bit previous
  • abortive
  • abrupt
  • accidental
  • amazing
  • astonishing
  • breakneck
  • brief
  • casual
  • chance
  • controlled by
  • dependent
  • early on
  • electrifying
  • embryonic
  • extraordinary
  • eye-opening
  • fluky
  • fortuitous
  • forward
  • frantic
  • from left field
  • gone off half-cocked
  • green
  • haphazard
  • harum-scarum
  • hasty
  • headlong
  • heedless
  • hurried
  • ill-advised
  • immature
  • impatient
  • impetuous
  • improbable
  • impulsive
  • incidental
  • incomplete
  • inconceivable
  • indiscreet
  • inopportune
  • instantaneous
  • jerky
  • jump the gun
  • likely
  • madcap
  • not bargained for
  • not in the cards
  • not predicted
  • odd
  • off the hip
  • off the top of head
  • out of the blue
  • overearly
  • oversoon
  • payback
  • plunging
  • precipitant
  • precipitate
  • precipitous
  • predeveloped
  • previous
  • probable
  • probably
  • prodigious
  • quick
  • random
  • rapid
  • rash
  • raw
  • reckless
  • refractory
  • remarkable
  • rushing
  • shocking
  • soon
  • staggering
  • startling
  • stunning
  • subitaneous
  • subject to
  • sudden
  • surprise
  • surprising
  • swift
  • unannounced
  • uncalculated
  • unceremonious
  • uncertain
  • uncontrolled
  • undeveloped
  • undisclosed
  • undreamt-of
  • unexpected
  • unfledged
  • unforeseeable
  • unforeseen
  • unheralded
  • unimagined
  • unintended
  • unlikely
  • unlooked-for
  • unplanned
  • unpredictable
  • unpredicted
  • unprepared for
  • unpublished
  • unripe
  • untimely
  • violent
  • willful
  • withheld
  • without warning
  • wonderful

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