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whimsical
whim·si·cal W5123200 (wĭm′zĭ-kəl, hwĭm′-)adj.1. Characterized by, arising from, or subject to whimsy: a whimsical decision.2. Playful or fanciful, especially in a humorous way: "The episodic book is memorable for its ... whimsical animal dialogue" (Peter D. Sieruta).
[From whimsy.]
whim′si·cal·ly adv.whimsical (ˈwɪmzɪkəl) adj1. spontaneously fanciful or playful2. given to whims; capricious3. quaint, unusual, or fantastic. Also: whimmy whimsicality n ˈwhimsically adv ˈwhimsicalness nwhim•si•cal (ˈʰwɪm zɪ kəl, ˈwɪm-)
adj. 1. given to fanciful notions; capricious. 2. of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions: whimsical inventions. 3. erratic; unpredictable. [1645–55] whim`si•cal′i•ty, n. whim′si•cal•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | whimsical - 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, impulsivearbitrary - based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves" |
whimsicaladjective fanciful, odd, funny, unusual, fantastic, curious, weird, peculiar, eccentric, queer, flaky (slang, chiefly U.S.), singular, quaint, playful, mischievous, capricious, droll, freakish, fantastical, crotchety, chimerical, waggish He had an offbeat, whimsical sense of humour.whimsicaladjective1. Determined or marked by whim or caprice rather than reason:arbitrary, capricious.2. Following no predictable pattern:capricious, changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile.3. Appealing to fancy:fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, imaginative.Translationswhimsical
Synonyms for whimsicaladj fancifulSynonyms- fanciful
- odd
- funny
- unusual
- fantastic
- curious
- weird
- peculiar
- eccentric
- queer
- flaky
- singular
- quaint
- playful
- mischievous
- capricious
- droll
- freakish
- fantastical
- crotchety
- chimerical
- waggish
Synonyms for whimsicaladj determined or marked by whim or caprice rather than reasonSynonymsadj following no predictable patternSynonyms- capricious
- changeable
- erratic
- fantastic
- fantastical
- fickle
- freakish
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- mercurial
- temperamental
- ticklish
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unstable
- unsteady
- variable
- volatile
adj appealing to fancySynonyms- fanciful
- fancy
- fantastic
- fantastical
- imaginative
Synonyms for whimsicaladj determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reasonSynonymsRelated Words |