whims

NOUN

sudden idea

Synonyms

STRONGEST

impulse inclination vagary

STRONG

caprice conceit craze desire disposition dream fad fancy fantasy freak humor notion quirk sport thought urge vision whimsy

WEAK

passing thought

Antonyms

STRONG

actuality certainty dislike fact hate reality seriousness truth

WEAK

plan

Example Sentences

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“It would be absurd to keep going back and forth with the whims of the weather,” Dan Waber, Rainbow Tomatoes Garden’s owner, told Salon Senior Food Editor, Ashlie D. Stevens in June 2025.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

More reliance on T-bills, however, opens the government to the whims of the market.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

“The companies are subject to the whims of the government and have a habit of overproducing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

If they bend to the whims of the executive, then their decisions are considered unlawful.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

This was my destiny—to spin gold at the whims of a greedy king for the rest of my life.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff