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 | ||