whimsical

(hwĭm'zĭ-kəl, wĭm'-)
adj.

1. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice. See synonyms at arbitrary.
2. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality.

[From WHIMSY.]

whimsically whim'si·cal·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Determined or marked by whim or caprice rather than reason: arbitrary, capricious. See surprise/expect.
2. Following no predictable pattern: capricious, changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile. See change/persist, continue/stop/pause.
3. Appealing to fancy: fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, imaginative. See plain/fancy.

adj

Definition: playful, fanciful
Antonyms: behaving, reasonable, sensible

IN BRIEF: Determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason.

I enjoyed the whimsical film until the animals became dangerous.

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For a list of words related to whimsical, see:

• Happy, Playful, Optimistic, or Elated

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See words rhyming with "whimsical."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kuriøs, lunefuld, snurrig

Nederlands (Dutch)
grillig, grappig

Français (French)
adj. - fantasque, saugrenu, (Fin) capricieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - launisch, kurios, launenhaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιδιότροπος (κν. καπριτσιόζος/-ικος, παράξενος)

Italiano (Italian)
capriccioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - caprichoso

Русский (Russian)
причудливый, прихотливый, капризный, эксцентричный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - caprichoso, antojadizo, extraño, peregrino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - nyckfull, ombytlig, egendomlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
心情浮动的, 古怪的, 反覆无常的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 心情浮動的, 古怪的, 反覆無常的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 변덕스러운, 별난

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 気まぐれな, 変な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) هوائي, نزوي, كثير النزوات, غريب الأطوار, أبو كيفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גחמני, שיגעוני, מוזר, חדור מושגים משונים, קפריזי‬

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