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English adjective: capricious

1. capricious changeable


SamplesA capricious summer breeze.
Freakish weather.


Synonymsfreakish


Similarunpredictable


Antonymspredictable

2. capricious determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason


SamplesA capricious refusal.
Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious.
The victim of whimsical persecutions.


Synonymsimpulsive, whimsical


Similararbitrary


Antonymsnonarbitrary, unarbitrary









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