CAPRICE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CAPRICE?

Need another word that means the same as “caprice”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “caprice” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Caprice” are: impulse, whim, whimsy, vagary, fancy, notion, fad, freak, humour, quirk, eccentricity, foible, crotchet, urge, fickleness, changeableness, volatility, inconstancy, capriciousness, fitfulness, unpredictability

Caprice as a Noun

Definitions of "Caprice" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “caprice” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A sudden desire.
• A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour.

Synonyms of "Caprice" as a noun (21 Words)

capriciousness	The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses.
changeableness	The quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change. The changeableness of the weather.
crotchet	A strange attitude or habit. The natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors.
eccentricity	Deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity. A circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity.
fad	An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze. He always follows the latest fads.
fancy	A kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination. This was no passing fancy but a feeling he would live by.
fickleness	Changeability, especially as regards one’s loyalties or affections. The fickleness of youth.
fitfulness	The quality of being spasmodic and irregular.
foible	A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character. They have to tolerate each other s little foibles.
freak	A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. A few freaks have been discovered one amazing cat tipping the scales at no less than 43 lbs.
humour	The ability to express humour or amuse other people. The clash hadn t improved his humour.
impulse	A change of momentum produced by an impulse equivalent to the average value of the force multiplied by the time during which it acts. Profound religious impulses.
inconstancy	Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous.
notion	A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. She had a notion to ring her friend at work.
quirk	A narrow groove beside a beading. A strange quirk of fate had led her to working for Nathan.
unpredictability	Lacking predictability. The constant element of unpredictability keeps the show fresh.
urge	A strong desire or impulse. Why this urge to travel.
vagary	An unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person’s behavior, etc. The vagaries of the weather.
volatility	Liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse. The volatility of the market drove many investors away.
whim	A sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained. He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.
whimsy	Playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour. The film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing.

Usage Examples of "Caprice" as a noun

• A land where men were ruled by law and not by caprice.
• The caprices of the electorate.
• The caprice was divided into a theme and eleven variations.

Associations of "Caprice" (30 Words)

asymmetry	(mathematics) a lack of symmetry. There was an asymmetry between the right and left ears.
capricious	Changeable. Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious.
change	Undergo a change become different in essence losing one s or its original nature. A change came over Eddie s face.
dubiety	The state or quality of being doubtful; uncertainty. His enemies made much of the dubiety of his paternity.
fickle	Liable to sudden unpredictable change. Celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public.
fluctuate	Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern. The stock market fluctuates.
fluctuation	An irregular rising and falling in number or amount; a variation. The fluctuations of the sea.
flux	Treat a metal object with a flux to promote melting. His opinions are in flux.
fraught	Filled with or attended with. A fraught mother daughter relationship.
imbalance	A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium. A hormonal imbalance.
impel	Drive forward; propel. Financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures.
impulse	A change of momentum produced by an impulse equivalent to the average value of the force multiplied by the time during which it acts. Electrical impulses.
instability	Unreliability attributable to being unstable. Political and economic instability.
kleptomania	A recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit.
momentum	The impetus gained by a moving object. The investigation gathered momentum in the spring.
mood	An angry, irritable, or sullen state of mind. The national mood had changed radically since the last election.
notion	Small personal articles or clothing or sewing items. Children have different notions about the roles of their parents.
psychological	Relating to psychology. The victim had sustained physical and psychological damage.
pyromania	An uncontrollable desire to set fire to things.
pyromaniac	A person suffering from pyromania. A ten year old pyromaniac.
qualm	An uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving. Military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press.
question	An instance of questioning. There was a question about my training.
tendency	An inclination to do something. The shoreward tendency of the current.
uncertain	Not consistent or dependable. A manuscript of uncertain origin.
uncertainty	The state of being unsure of something. Times of uncertainty and danger.
unpredictable	Not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals. The unpredictable weather of the Scottish islands.
vagary	An unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person’s behavior, etc. The vagaries of the weather.
variance	The second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value. The stylistic variances of classical dance.
vary	Be at variance with; be out of line with. His moods vary depending on the weather.
whim	A sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained. He appeared and disappeared at whim.