Synonyms for capricious
kəˈprɪʃ əs, -ˈpri ʃəscapri·cious

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1. capriciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   arbitrary, whimsical

   Antonyms:
   rigorous, conscientious

2. capriciousadjective

   Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim

   Synonyms:
   whimsical, arbitrary

   Antonyms:
   conscientious, rigorous

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1. capricious

   Synonyms:
   faithless, false, fickle, unfaithful, untrue, untrustworthy, wavering

   Antonyms:
   devoted, faithful, firm, incorruptible, loyal, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering

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1. capricious

   Synonyms:
   wayward, uncertain, fanciful, freakish, fitful, fickle, changeful, whimsical, humorsome, inconstant, crotchety

   Antonyms:
   firm, unchanging, inflexible, decided, unswerving, constant

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1. capricious, freakishadjective

   changeable

   "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"

   Synonyms:
   flakey, eccentric, whimsical, gonzo, outlandish, freakish, outre, off-the-wall, impulsive, bizarre, freaky, flaky

   Antonyms:
   unarbitrary, predictable, nonarbitrary

2. capricious, impulsive, whimsicaladjective

   determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

   "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"

   Synonyms:
   brainish, tearaway(a), whimsical, impetuous, unprompted, freakish, driving, impulsive, madcap, hotheaded

   Antonyms:
   predictable, unarbitrary, nonarbitrary

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1. capriciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   whimsical, fanciful, fantastical, crotchety, humorsome, wayward, odd, queer, fitful, freakish, very changeable

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1. capriciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   fanciful, whimsical, vagarious, inconstant, fickle, crotchety, volatile

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1. List of paraphrases for "capricious":

   temperamental, arbitrary, skittish, whimsical, wayward, fanciful, spoilt

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1. Lu Kang:

   Negotiations and consultations, to have meaning, must be sincere, first, there must be mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit. Second, one's word must be kept, and not be capricious.

2. The GAP:

   The Government Accountability Project is deeply concerned about the mistreatment of Matthew Lee for two reasons. First, Matthew Lee for two reasons has covered U.N. whistleblower cases accurately and in detail, and we regard the mistreatment of Matthew Lee for two reasons as retaliatory, secondly, Matthew Lee for two reasons exclusion from the UN premises because of capricious, unannounced and unknown decisions of senior managers bodes ill for the treatment of journalists in U.N. Member States.

3. Donald Trump:

   It is deeply regrettable that the U.S. has been capricious, escalated the tensions, and provoked a trade war, the U.S. is accustomed to holding 'big sticks' for negotiations, but this approach does not apply to China.

4. Sergio Rodriguez:

   The lava on its path to the sea has been a bit capricious and has diverted from its course.

5. Marcus Aurelius:

   But look at how soon we’re all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of all those applauding hands. The people who praise us - how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region in which it all takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.