Capricious — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

changeable

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɐpɹˈɪʃəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɐplˈɒm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɐplˈɒm/

3 syllables Say it as /kɐpɹˈɪʃəs/.

Examples

a capricious summer breeze
freakish weather
a capricious refusal

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

whimsical freakish impulsive

Parts of Speech

adjective	changeable “a capricious summer breeze”
adjective	determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason “a capricious refusal”

Word Forms

capriciousness	noun	the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
freakishness	noun	marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
caprice	noun	a sudden desire
impulsiveness	noun	the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection
whimsy	noun	an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
whimsicality	noun	the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

launisch

veränderbar

🇫🇷French

capricieux

🇪🇸Spanish

caprichoso

cambiable

🇮🇹Italian

capriccioso

variabile

🇳🇱Dutch

grillig

veranderlijk

🇵🇹Portuguese

caprichoso

mutável

🇷🇺Russian

капризный

изменчивый

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मनमौजी

अस्थिर

🇧🇩Bengali

কৌতুকপূর্ণ

পরিবর্তনযোগ্য

🇮🇳Tamil

கேப்ரிசியோஸ்

மாறக்கூடியது

🇮🇳Telugu

మోజుకనుగుణమైన

మార్చదగిన

🇮🇳Marathi

लहरी

बदलण्यायोग्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

તરંગી

પરિવર્તનશીલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾದ

ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಬಹುದಾದ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാപ്രിസിയസ്

മാറ്റാവുന്നത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਨਮੋਹਕ

ਬਦਲਣਯੋਗ

🇵🇰Urdu

موجی

بدلنے والا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

任性

多变

🇯🇵Japanese

気まぐれな

変更可能な

🇰🇷Korean

변덕스러운

변하기 쉬운

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thất thường

có thể thay đổi

🇹🇭Thai

ตามอำเภอใจ

เปลี่ยนแปลงได้

🇮🇩Indonesian

berubah-ubah

dapat diubah

🇵🇭Filipino

pabagu-bago

nababago

🇲🇾Malay

berubah-ubah

boleh ubah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متقلبة

للتغيير

🇮🇷Persian

دمدمی مزاج

قابل تغییر

🇹🇷Turkish

kaprisli

değiştirilebilir

🇮🇱Hebrew

גַחְמָנִי

מִשְׁתַנֶה

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