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1posthaste

noun post·haste \ˈpōst-ˈhāst\

Definition of POSTHASTE

archaic
:  great haste
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Origin of POSTHASTE

3post
First Known Use: 1545

Rhymes with POSTHASTE

bald-faced, barefaced, bold-faced, distaste, dough-faced, foretaste, impaste, lambaste, lightfaced, moonfaced, pie-faced, po-faced, self-paced, shamefaced, shirtwaist, snail-paced, slipcased, stone-faced, straight-faced, straitlaced, toothpaste, two-faced, unchaste, unplaced, white-faced

2posthaste

adverb

: very quickly : with great speed

Full Definition of POSTHASTE

:  with all possible speed
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First Known Use of POSTHASTE

1569

Related to POSTHASTE

Synonyms
apace, briskly, chop-chop, double-quick, fleetly, full tilt, hastily, hell-for-leather, hot, lickety-split, fast, presto, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, snappily, soon, speedily, swift, swiftly
Antonyms
slow, slowly

3posthaste

adjective

Definition of POSTHASTE

obsolete
:  speedy, immediate <requires your…posthaste appearance — Shakespeare>

First Known Use of POSTHASTE

1604

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