English adjective: whimsical | |||
1. | whimsical determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | ||
Samples | A capricious refusal. Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious. The victim of whimsical persecutions. | ||
Synonyms | capricious, impulsive | ||
Similar | arbitrary | ||
Antonyms | nonarbitrary, unarbitrary | ||