whimsical

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymscapriciousimpulsive

   Similararbitrary

Questions about whimsical

What does whimsical mean?

whimsical means "determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason".

How many syllables are in whimsical?

whimsical has 3 syllables: whim-si-cal. The stress falls on "whim". In IPA it is /ˈwɪmzɪkəl/.

What is another word for whimsical?

Close synonyms include capricious, impulsive. 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 whimsical a common word?

whimsical 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.