head over heels as a adverb: - 1
head over heels
adverb
1 head over heels
In disorderly haste:
— We ran head over heels toward the shelter.
synonyms: heels over head, in great confusion, topsy-turvily, topsy-turvy.
Roget 218:
inversely
etc.
adj.;
hirdy-girdy†;
heels over head,
head over heels.
Roget 821:
heart and soul,
from the bottom of one's heart,
ab imo pectore [Lat.],
at heart,
con amore [It],
heartily,
devoutly,
over head and ears,
head over heels.
Roget 312:
head over heels,
round and round,
like a horse in a mill.
adjective
Roget 863:
rash,
incautious,
indiscreet;
imprudent,
improvident,
temerarious;
uncalculating†;
heedless;
careless
etc.
(neglectful)
460;
without ballast,
heels over head,
head over heels;
giddy
etc.
(inattentive)
458;
wanton,
reckless,
wild,
madcap;
desperate,
devil-may-care.
hot-blooded,
hotheaded,
hotbrained†;
headlong,
headstrong;
breakneck;
foolhardy;
harebrained;
precipitate,
impulsive.
overconfident,
overweening;
venturesome,
venturous;
adventurous,
Quixotic,
fire eating,
cavalier;
janty†,
jaunty,
free and easy.
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†.
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Moby thesaurus: a corps perdu, abruptly, anticlockwise, around, arsy-varsy, ass over elbows, back-to-front, backwards, bottom side up, bottom up, capsized, carelessly, chiastic, clockwise, contrarily, contrariwise, conversely, counterclockwise, desperately, everted, furiously, happen what may, hastily, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotheadedly, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, hyperbatic, impetuously, impulsively, in a circle, in a spin, in a whirl, in circles, inside out, introverted, invaginated, inversed, inversely, inverted, like crazy, like mad, madly, outside in, over, overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, palindromic, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, ramble-scramble, rashly, recklessly, resupinate, retroverted, reversed, round, round about, round and round, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash, suddenly, topsy-turvy, transposed, turned around, upside down, upside-down, vice versa, wantonly, widdershins, wildly, wrong side out ... show more.
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