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Another word for whim

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Noun

  1. An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind

      1. (Soccer) someone connected with Barnet Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
      2. Any of a large superfamily (Apoidea) of broad-bodied, four-winged, hairy hymenopteran insects that gather pollen and nectar, have biting as well as sucking mouthparts, and often live in organized colonies; esp., the honeybee
      3. A meeting of people to work together or to compete
      1. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
      2. A sudden, unpredictable action or change:
      3. A sudden, impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts; freakish notion; whim
      1. A fanciful poetic image, especially an elaborate or exaggerated comparison.
      2. (--- Archaic) Estimation or opinion of something, especially when favorable.
      3. A flight of imagination; fancy
      1. The enthusiasts or fans of a sport or pursuit considered as a group.
      2. (Rare) Critical taste or judgment in art, dress, etc.
      3. The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature.
      1. An abnormally formed organism, especially one regarded as a curiosity.
      2. A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular:
      3. A sudden fancy; odd notion; whim
      1. US spelling of humour.
      2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
      3. Vitreous humor.
      1. (Mech.) The change in momentum effected by a force, measured by multiplying the average value of the force by the time during which it acts
      2. A sudden inclination to act, usually without premeditation
      3. A sudden wish or urge that prompts an unpremeditated act or feeling; an abrupt inclination:
      1. (Rare) Low spirits; the blues
      2. Depression or unhappiness.
      3. A caprice or fancy.
      1. A desire; inclination; whim
      2. Small lightweight items for household use, such as needles, buttons, and thread.
      3. A mental image; general idea
      1. An odd, eccentric, or unexpected action or bit of conduct
      2. An extravagant or erratic notion or action:
      3. An unpredictable development or change of circumstances:
      1. Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:
      2. Something odd or whimsical, as an art object, piece of writing, etc.
      3. A quaint and fanciful idea. A whim. Playfully odd behaviour.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    thoughts

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Another word for whim

Noun
      1. A vague thought
      2. A desire; inclination; whim
      3. A mental image; general idea
      1. An odd, whimsical, or freakish idea or notion; oddity; caprice
      2. An unpredictable development or change of circumstances:
      3. An extravagant or erratic notion or action:
      1. A sudden, unpredictable action or change:
      2. A sudden, impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts; freakish notion; whim
      3. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
    See also:

    caprice

    impulse

    caprice

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Sentence Examples

  • I'm simply stating that I'm not leaving my destiny to the whim of a man.

  • This was a digression of a new kind, if anything can be called a digression in a work the plan of which is to fly off at a tangent whenever and wherever the writer's whim tempts him.

  • Naturally white-blonde, she'd dyed it pink on a whim last weekend.

  • It was his whim, as part of his general liberalism, to depreciate the education he received; but it seems to have been a very sound and good education, which formed the basis of his extraordinarily wide, though never extraordinarily accurate, collection of knowledge subsequently, and (a more important thing) disciplined and exercised his literary faculty and judgment.

  • She was not accepted by court society; it did not matter to her that even Goethe's intimate friends ignored her; and she, who had suited the poet's whim when he desired to shut himself off from all that might dim the recollection of Italy, became with the years an indispensable helpmate to him.

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