Synonyms of caprices

caprices

noun

plural of caprice

as in whims

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action

an out-of-character caprice led him to take the day off from work and go to the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whims
• notions
• vagaries
• whimsies
• thoughts
• fancies
• bees
• megrims
• vagrancies
• maggots
• pictures
• fantasies
• humors
• impressions
• kinks
• cranks
• bees in one's bonnet
• whimsicalities
• freaks
• images
• conceits
• conceptions
• concepts
• impetuosities
• inspirations
• brainstorms
• mind's eyes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of caprices

Ye-ji has a hunky hedge-fund-type husband, Sang-woo (Zo In-sung), who condescendingly tolerates, but doesn’t finance, his wife’s cinematic caprices. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

But Gurdon doesn’t hold up the caprices and improvisations of her childhood as either a model or a cautionary tale. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026

One needed Mother Nature to bestow upon brewers the right temperatures for making beer, and in the days before refrigeration and even thermometers, that meant that brewing was largely dictated by the caprices of the seasons. — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026