Synonyms of capriciousness

capriciousness

noun

as in impulsiveness

an inclination to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions

the client's capriciousness frustrated the building contractor to no end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impulsiveness
• whimsicality
• freakishness
• caprice
• unpredictability
• flexibility
• eccentricity
• willfulness
• variability
• variableness
• whimsicalness
• arbitrariness
• fickleness
• volatility
• irregularity
• moodiness
• flakiness
• changeability
• mutability
• inconstancy
• mercurialness
• volatileness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• practicality
• reasonableness
• inflexibility
• reasonability
• immutability
• firmness
• invariability
• levelheadedness
• fixedness
• stability
• fastness
• constancy
• steadiness
• steadfastness
• immovability
• changelessness
• immovableness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of capriciousness

Trump’s credibility has been undercut by his own capriciousness. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

Her capriciousness leads her into an affair with a frustrated professor, Mark (Michael Angarano), who compliments her writing and composes pretentious, backhandedly insulting poems about their not-quite-love. — Judy Berman, Time, 15 Apr. 2026

Whether out of arrogance, capriciousness, or collective amnesia, this recent history was ignored. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026

The capriciousness of fate was not lost on Karstens and many of the survivors. — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025

The president’s bombast and capriciousness have led many European countries to increase their defense spending—a positive outcome, to be sure, and not inherently at odds with the notion of a unified, geopolitical West. — Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025

Fergus McCaffrey Jacobs’ collaboration with the capriciousness of nature is also rooted in the geometry of aeronautical navigation. — Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025