Caprice synonyms
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The definition of a whim is a sudden desire to do something that wasn't planned.
A romantic liking or interest:
An extravagant or erratic notion or action:
A vague thought
(Physiology) The electrochemical transmission of a signal along a nerve fiber that produces an excitatory or inhibitory response at a target tissue, such as a muscle or another nerve.
An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.
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An unusual, unexpected, or fanciful idea; a whim.
Aqueous humor.
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
The quality of being capricious.
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fancifulness
The quality of being fanciful
A whimsical speech, notion, or action; caprice
The quality of being flighty.
The quality of being fickle.
changeableness
The condition of being able to suffer some changes
capriccio
A prank; whim; caprice
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Something that is currently the fashion; fad
A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.
(Gram.) A characteristic of verbs that involves the speaker's attitude toward the action expressed, indicating whether this is regarded as a fact (indicative mood), as a matter of supposition, desire, possibility, etc. (subjunctive mood), or as a command (imperative mood); also, an analytic category based on this characteristic (mood is shown by inflection, as in Latin, or analytically with auxiliaries, as English may, might, should, or by both)
(Obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
Calmness of mind or emotions; composure:
dependability (antonym)
The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon.
constant (antonym)
(Computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
constancy (antonym)
Firmness of mind or purpose; resoluteness
(--- Archaic) Estimation or opinion of something, especially when favorable.
bee-in-one-s-bonnet
humoresque
A light, fanciful or playful musical composition; capriccio
motivelessness
Absence of a motive.
romanza
A kind of sentimental ballad.
coquetry (related)
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delphine (related)
fantasie (related)
An eccentric trait or habit; peculiarity
steadfastness (antonym)
Synonym Study
- Crotchet implies great eccentricity and connotes stubbornness in opposition to prevailing thought, usually on some insignificant point his crotchets concerning diet
- Vagary suggests a highly unusual or extravagant notion the vagaries of fashion in women's clothes
- Whim and whimsy can both refer to an idle, quaint, or curious notion, but whim more often suggests willfulness and whimsy fancifulness pursuing a whim, he wrote a poem full of whimsy
- Caprice refers to a sudden, impulsive, apparently unmotivated turn of mind or emotion discharged at the caprice of a foreman
Find another word for caprice. In this page you can discover 46 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for caprice, like: whim, fancy, inconsistent, vagary, notion, impulse, crotchet, quirk, freak, whimsy and humor.