Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Caprice

Nouns
  • caprice, fancy, humor
  • whim, whimsy, whimsey, whimwham
  • crotchet, capriccio, quirk, freak, maggot, fad, vagary, prank, fit, flimflam, escapade, wild-goose chase
  • capriciousness etc. adj.
  • kink.
Verbs
  • be capricious etc. adj.
  • have a maggot in the brain
  • take it into one's head, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
  • blow hot and cold
  • play fast and loose, play fantastic tricks
Adjectives
  • capricious
  • erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical
  • full of whims etc. n.
  • maggoty
  • inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky [U.S.], particular, humorsome, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward
  • contrary
  • captious
  • arbitrary
  • unconformable etc. Unconformity
  • penny wise and pound foolish
  • fickle etc. (irresolute) Irresolution
  • frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile.
Adverbs
  • by fits and starts, without rhyme or reason.
Phrases
  • the deuce is in him.