English adjective: capricious | |||
1. | capricious changeable | ||
Samples | A capricious summer breeze. Freakish weather. | ||
Synonyms | freakish | ||
Similar | unpredictable | ||
Antonyms | predictable | ||
2. | capricious 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 | impulsive, whimsical | ||
Similar | arbitrary | ||
Antonyms | nonarbitrary, unarbitrary | ||