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capricenoun a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or actionan out-of-character caprice led him to take the day off from work and go to the beach bee, crank, fancy, freak, humor, kink, maggot, megrim, notion, vagary, vagrancy, whim, whimsy(also whimsey) capriciousness, fancifulness, fantasy(also phantasy), freakishness, impetuosity, whimsicalityconceitconcept, conception, image, impression, mind's eye, picture, thoughtbrainstorm, inspiration bee in one's bonnet an inclination to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actionshis knack for picking racetrack winners appears to owe as much to caprice as it does to a canny assessment of horseflesh capriciousness, freakishness, impulsiveness, whimsicality, whimsicalness mercurialness, moodiness, unpredictability, willfulnesseccentricity, flakinessarbitrariness, fickleness, inconstancy, irregularity, volatileness, volatilitychangeability, flexibility, mutability, variability, variableness levelheadedness, practicality, reasonability, reasonablenessfastness, firmness, fixedness, immovability, immovableness, immutability, inflexibility, invariabilitychangelessness, constancy, stability, steadfastness, steadiness caprice, whim, vagary, crotchet mean an irrational or unpredictable idea or desire.caprice stresses lack of apparent motivation and suggests willfulness.by sheer caprice she quit her job whim implies a fantastic, capricious turn of mind or inclination.an odd antique that was bought on a whim vagary stresses the erratic, irresponsible character of the notion or desire.he had been prone to strange vagaries crotchet implies an eccentric opinion or preference.a serious scientist equally known for his bizarre crotchets in 1667 |