Entry Word: whim

Function: noun

Meaning: a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action <on a whim, we stopped at the roadside stand to get ice cream>

Synonyms caprice, fancy, freak, notion, vagary, whimsy (also whimsey)

Related Words capriciousness, freakishness, whimsicality; conceit; concept, conception, image, impression, picture, thought; brainstorm, inspiration