Synonyms for caprice
Definitions
- n. 1
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
Related words
- Word family
- capricious
Forms
- Plural
- caprices → whims, fancies, freaks, quirks…
Choose the right word
Caprice is closely allied in meaning to freak, but implies more definitely a quality of willfulness or wantonness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- impulse You people are urged to drop the earthly impulse.
- whim Ziri should never do something like that on a whim.
- conceit Her conceit about her beauty annoyed many people.
- fling "It was just a fling." "I'm filing for a divorce."
By length
- 4 letters
- whim1, kink
- 5 letters
- fancy2, humor2, freak1, fling1, quirk1
- 6 letters
- notion2, humour2, maggot2, whimsy2, vagary3
- 7 letters
- fantasy3, impulse2, conceit2
- 8 letters
- crotchet
- 9 letters
- petulance3, capriccio
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).