English noun: whimsy | |||
1. | whimsy (cognition) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea | ||
Samples | The theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories. He had a whimsy about flying to the moon. Whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it. | ||
Synonyms | notion, whim, whimsey | ||
Broader (hypernym) | idea, thought | ||
2. | whimsy (attribute) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | ||
Samples | I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory. | ||
Synonyms | arbitrariness, capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | irresponsibility, irresponsibleness | ||