Caprice synonyms

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freak
A hippie.
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whim
The definition of a whim is a sudden desire to do something that wasn't planned.
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fancy
A romantic liking or interest:
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quirk
(Architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a moulding and a soffit
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humor
Aqueous humor.
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maggot
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
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megrim
A type of European deep water flatfish, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis; the whiff or sail-fluke.
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fancifulness
The quality of being fanciful
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flightiness
The quality of being flighty.
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fickleness
The quality of being fickle.
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craze
Something that is currently the fashion; fad
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fad
A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.
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kink
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
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mood
(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)
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sudden
(Obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
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temper
Calmness of mind or emotions; composure:
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dependability (antonym)
The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon.
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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.
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constancy (antonym)
Firmness of mind or purpose; resoluteness
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whimsy
(Mining) A whim.
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crotchet
A hooklike part or device
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conceit
(--- Archaic) Estimation or opinion of something, especially when favorable.
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impulse
(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.
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notion
A vague thought
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thoughts (related)
Plural form of thought
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motivelessness
Absence of a motive.
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romanza
A kind of sentimental ballad.
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delphine (related)
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fantasie (related)
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eccentricity
An eccentric trait or habit; peculiarity
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capriciousness
The quality of being capricious.
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whimsicality
A whimsical speech, notion, or action; caprice
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changeableness
The condition of being able to suffer some changes
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antic
A grotesque performer or clown.
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capriccio
A prank; whim; caprice
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whimsey
Alternative spelling of whimsy.
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willfulness
The quality of being willful; obstinacy
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bee
A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
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boutade
(Obsolete) An outbreak; a caprice; a whim.
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bee-in-one-s-bonnet
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humoresque
A light, fanciful or playful musical composition; capriccio
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coquetry (related)
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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
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Caprice Sentence Examples

  • And who is in greater error than he who follows his own caprice without guidance from Allah.

  • As generally understood, Duns makes caprice supreme in God.

  • These fluctuations were owing partly to the character of Louis XV., and partly also to the fact that society in the 18th century was too advanced in its ideas to submit without resistance to the caprice of such a man.

  • His conduct was evidently regulated by strict principle and not by mere caprice.

  • With proclamations, placaats and statutes abundantly filling huge tomes, the caprice of the governor was in truth the law.

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