CAPRICIOUS

capricious, impulsive, whimsical

(adjective) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; “a capricious refusal”; “authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious”; “the victim of whimsical persecutions”

capricious, freakish

(adjective) changeable; “a capricious summer breeze”; “freakish weather”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

capricious (comparative more capricious, superlative most capricious)

Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim

Usage notes

• Capricious can describe both a person and the decisions he or she makes.

Synonyms

• whimsical

• arbitrary

Antonyms

• conscientious

• rigorous

Anagrams

• auriscopic

Source: Wiktionary

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Ca*pri"cious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. capricleux, It. capriccioso.]

Definition: Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricious humor." Hugh Miller. A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam.

Syn.

– Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary.

– Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv.

– Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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