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

There are many reasons the United States needs clear, stable regulations on artificial intelligence, rather than relying on the whims of a leader. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Behold the plight of the Ryan Murphy character, cursed to behave nonsensically and flit wildly from plotline to plotline based on the writer’s whims. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Although Muslims made up a third of India’s population, they were thinly spread across the country and in any new democratic system would almost always find themselves at the whims of the Hindu majority. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

But an outdoor garden, no matter how beautiful and lovingly designed or how innovatively used in the menu, is susceptible to the whims of Miami’s humid, rainy, extraordinarily lengthy summers. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

The players are not responsible for the whims of their ownership. — Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Janse uses no-till farming on his fields — not plowing the soil, planting crops to cover the ground year-round and adding organic matter — to help cope with the whims of the weather as climate change triggers more extremes. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

The question is whether that dash is written intentionally or at the whims of the universe. — Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Such temperatures also ground firefighting aircraft, leaving cities, towns and forests even more vulnerable to a wildfire’s whims. — John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026