whim

Other forms of whim

plural

whims·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about whim

What does whim mean?

whim means "a sudden desire". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in whim?

whim has 1 syllable: whim. In IPA it is /ˈwɪm/.

What is another word for whim?

Close synonyms include caprice, impulse, notion, whimsy, whimsey. 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 whim a common word?

whim is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.