caprice | Definition of caprice

Synonyms and Antonyms of caprice

1 a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action

an out-of-character caprice led him to take the day off from work and go to the beach

Synonyms of caprice

bee, crank, fancy, freak, humor, kink, maggot, megrim, notion, vagary, vagrancy, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)

Words Related to caprice

capriciousness, fancifulness, fantasy (also phantasy), freakishness, impetuosity, whimsicality

concept, conception, image, impression, mind's eye, picture, thought

brainstorm, inspiration

Phrases Synonymous with caprice

bee in one's bonnet

2 an inclination to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions

his knack for picking racetrack winners appears to owe as much to caprice as it does to a canny assessment of horseflesh

Synonyms of caprice

capriciousness, freakishness, impulsiveness, whimsicality, whimsicalness

Words Related to caprice

mercurialness, moodiness, unpredictability, willfulness

eccentricity, flakiness

arbitrariness, fickleness, inconstancy, irregularity, volatileness, volatility

changeability, flexibility, mutability, variability, variableness

Near Antonyms of caprice

levelheadedness, practicality, reasonability, reasonableness

fastness, firmness, fixedness, immovability, immovableness, immutability, inflexibility, invariability

changelessness, constancy, stability, steadfastness, steadiness