Synonyms of whims

whims

noun

plural of whim

as in notions

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action

on a whim, we stopped at the roadside stand to get ice cream

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whims

Everything remains subordinate to the leader’s needs and whims. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

Shaw’s witty drawing-room debates also warn of a society indulging its whims as catastrophe approaches — a question of how to live when the world careens toward darkness. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

While mega oil and gas companies pay for some of the greatest intelligence in the world, even the world's greatest intelligence gatherers are subject to the whims of rogues with missile launchers. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

From here on out, the authorship of Tae-ju’s life is ambiguous, as well as constantly in flux, buffeted by the whims and suggestions of others, as well as by her own impulses. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

But elevating the whims of progressive activists and government bureaucrats above the wisdom of the marketplace has proven a costly mistake and undermined consumer choice. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

All of this makes the recent terminations tricky for OpenAI and shows that safety disclosures are still very much at the whims of the labs. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

This is hardly new, and scream queens, in particular, are often left to the whims of the internet. — Mariam Bagdady, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

And where they, too, are terrified by the whims of those above them. — Mark Lilla, The New York Review of Books, 29 Sep. 2026