Whimsical Synonyms and Antonyms

wĭmzĭ-kəl, hwĭm-
Determined or marked by whim or caprice rather than reason
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. capricious
  2. arbitrary
  3. impulsive
Following no predictable pattern
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. capricious
  2. erratic
  3. funny
  4. playful
  5. fantastic
  6. freakish
  7. comical
  8. uncertain
  9. unpredictable
  10. changeable
  11. fantastical
  12. amusing
  13. fickle
  14. arbitrary
  15. bizarre
  16. inconsistent
  17. inconstant
  18. mercurial
  19. crotchety
  20. temperamental
  21. droll
  22. ticklish
  23. eccentric
  24. fanciful
  25. unstable
  26. fey
  27. unsteady
  28. variable
  29. volatile
  30. notional
  31. vagarious
Appealing to fancy
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fanciful
  2. fantastical
  3. fancy
  4. fantastic
  5. imaginative
Antonyms:
  1. sensible
  2. behaving
  3. reasonable

Words Related to Whimsical

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Whimsical Sentence Examples

  • It's just something whimsical I painted some time ago.

  • Children love bright colors and whimsical designs.

  • Queen Christina was not yet twenty, and took a lively if a somewhat whimsical interest in literary and philosophical culture.

  • The restaurant has an extensive barbeque menu which includes whimsical twists such as their bar-b-que spaghetti dinner.

  • Scientific discoveries often seem rather whimsical to the layman.

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