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Synonyms for capricious
adj given to sudden behavior change- arbitrary
- careless
- erratic
- fickle
- flighty
- helter-skelter
- impulsive
- quirky
- temperamental
- unpredictable
- unreasonable
- unstable
- volatile
- wayward
- whimsical
- any way the wind blows
- blowing hot and cold
- changeful
- contrary
- crotchety
- effervescent
- every which way
- fanciful
- fitful
- flaky
- freakish
- gaga
- humorsome
- inconstant
- kinky
- lubricious
- mercurial
- moody
- mutable
- notional
- odd
- picky
- punchy
- queer
- ticklish
- up and down
- vagarious
- variable
- yo-yo
Antonyms for capricious
- cautious
- constant
- predictable
- reasonable
- reliable
- sensible
- stable
- steady
- thoughtful
- unchanging
- dependable
- staid
- steadfast
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
More words related to capricious
aimless
adjective. having no goal
- accidental
- any which way
- bits-and-pieces
- blind
- capricious
- careless
- casual
- chance
- desultory
- directionless
- drifting
- erratic
- fanciful
- fickle
- fits and starts
- flighty
- fortuitous
- frivolous
- goalless
- haphazard
- heedless
- hit-or-miss
- indecisive
- indiscriminate
- irresolute
- objectless
- pointless
- purposeless
- random
- shiftless
- stray
- thoughtless
- unavailing
- undirected
- unguided
- unplanned
- unpredictable
- vagrant
- wandering
- wanton
- wayward
arbitrary
adjective. whimsical, chance
bipolar
adjective. marked by opposite extremes
chancy
adjective. dangerous, risky
changeable
adjective. erratic
- agitated
- capricious
- changeful
- commutative
- convertible
- fickle
- fitful
- flighty
- fluctuating
- fluid
- impulsive
- inconstant
- indecisive
- irregular
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- kaleidoscopic
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- mutable
- permutable
- protean
- restless
- reversible
- revocable
- shifting
- skittish
- spasmodic
- transformable
- transitional
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unreliable
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- vagrant
- variable
- variant
- varying
- versatile
- volatile
- wavering
- whimsical
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.