Synonyms of whimsical

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adjective

as in impulsive

prone to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions

it's hard to make plans with such a whimsical best friend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impulsive
• eccentric
• volatile
• romantic
• capricious
• moody
• freakish
• quirky
• willful
• impetuous
• mercurial
• shaky
• wilful
• arbitrary
• temperamental
• flaky
• quixotic
• impractical
• utopian
• unrealistic
• crankish
• erratic
• inconstant
• fickle
• visionary
• irregular
• quixotical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• practical
• reasonable
• pragmatic
• matter-of-fact
• earthy
• sensible
• equable
• logical
• down-to-earth
• rational
• sound
• hardheaded
• levelheaded
• grounded
• sane
• sober
• commonsensical
• pragmatical
• uncompromising
• tough-minded
• fixed
• invariable
• inflexible
• unrelenting
• constant
• unyielding
• immutable
• unalterable
• unchangeable
• stable
• unbending
• fast
• hard-boiled
• hard-and-fast
• steady
• no-nonsense
• steadfast
• unchanging
• unvarying
• established
• sobersided
• changeless
• settled
• set

whimsicalness

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noun

as in impulsiveness

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

at times she displays a certain whimsicalness that is charming

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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