capricious

1. 1.

   changeable

   “a capricious summer breeze”

   “freakish weather”

   Synonymsfreakish

   Similarunpredictable
2. 2.

   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”

   Synonymsimpulsivewhimsical

   Similararbitrary

Questions about capricious

What does capricious mean?

capricious means "changeable". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in capricious?

capricious has 3 syllables: ca-pric-ious. The stress falls on "pric". In IPA it is /kəˈpɹɪʃəs/.

What is another word for capricious?

Close synonyms include freakish, impulsive, whimsical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capricious a common word?

capricious is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.