Definition for Capricious:

• 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"

Synonyms for Capricious:

• adj.

  •capricious (adjective)
  • scatterbrained,
  • flighty,
  • wayward,
  • fleeting,
  • fly-by-night,
  • indecisive,
  • fluctuating,
  • random,
  • frivolous,
  • Flitting,
  • sporadic,
  • vacillating.
  •chancy (adjective)
  • Fluctuant.
  •changeable (adjective)
  • mutable,
  • shifting,
  • changeful,
  • inconstant.
  •fickle (adjective)
  • yo-yo.
  •giddy (adjective)
  • gaga.
  •given to sudden behavior change (adjective)
  • crotchety,
  • Humorsome,
  • Punchy,
  • lubricious,
  • helter-skelter,
  • odd,
  • kinky,
  • any way the wind blows,
  • every which way,
  • flaky,
  • careless,
  • picky,
  • effervescent,
  • blowing hot and cold,
  • quirky,
  • contrary,
  • notional,
  • queer.
  •iffy (adjective)
  • iffy.
  •irregular (adjective)
  • intermittent,
  • jerky,
  • unmethodical,
  • irregular,
  • occasional,
  • uneven,
  • asymmetric,
  • unrhythmical,
  • desultory,
  • unpunctual,
  • unsystematic,
  • nonuniform.
  •irresolute (adjective)
  • insipid,
  • shy,
  • unwilling,
  • unresolved,
  • shrinking,
  • unsure,
  • ambivalent,
  • undecided,
  • infirm,
  • halfhearted,
  • yellow,
  • uncertain,
  • spineless,
  • hesitant,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • weak,
  • double-minded,
  • irresolute,
  • dillydallying,
  • tentative,
  • watery,
  • shifty.
  •motiveless (adjective)
  • haphazard,
  • motiveless,
  • rambling,
  • wandering,
  • Systemless,
  • adrift,
  • nonsystematic.

• n.

  •
  • schizophrenic,
  • schizoid.
  •
  • unsteady.
  •capricious (noun)
  • unpredictable,
  • impulsive.

• v.

  •controlled (verb)
  • governed.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • mercurial.
  •
  • fantastical,
  • temperamental,
  • vagrant.
  •eccentric
  • pixilated.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disordered,
  • corruptible,
  • unconventional,
  • dubious,
  • extravagant,
  • passing,
  • agnostic,
  • wishy-washy,
  • aberrant,
  • deceitful,
  • fancy,
  • fugacious,
  • perfidious,
  • ephemeral,
  • rough,
  • sceptical,
  • patchy,
  • frail,
  • disloyal,
  • unequal,
  • without forethought,
  • dj,
  • treacherous,
  • sensitive,
  • harebrained,
  • flying,
  • duplicitous,
  • tergiversating,
  • grumpy,
  • halting,
  • huffish,
  • transitory,
  • hypocritical,
  • labile,
  • crabby,
  • discontinuous,
  • indiscriminate,
  • doubtful,
  • insincere,
  • unsorted,
  • Unreasoned,
  • insecure,
  • alternating,
  • disproportionate,
  • curt,
  • hypersensitive,
  • irrational,
  • incongruous,
  • Unstaid,
  • doubting,
  • outlandish,
  • wavy,
  • inconsiderate,
  • disjunct,
  • diversified,
  • wilful,
  • protean,
  • unprompted,
  • fragile,
  • Rhapsodical,
  • peevish,
  • skeptical,
  • strange,
  • vague,
  • coseismal,
  • ragged,
  • shapeless,
  • unordered,
  • unrestrained,
  • ungraded,
  • unsettled,
  • offbeat,
  • light,
  • curmudgeonly,
  • uncalculating,
  • variegated,
  • excitable,
  • unclassified,
  • touch-and-go,
  • huffy,
  • alterable,
  • lurching,
  • Spasmatic,
  • brusque,
  • Vicissitudinous,
  • sleeveless,
  • idiosyncratic,
  • unthinking,
  • silly,
  • nonconformist,
  • chance,
  • wavery,
  • transitive,
  • afloat,
  • cranky,
  • temporary,
  • captious,
  • petulant,
  • Deviatory,
  • untrue,
  • touchy,
  • visionary,
  • deviative,
  • chameleon-like,
  • undetermined,
  • gruff,
  • mortal,
  • kooky,
  • unsymmetrical,
  • testy,
  • Deviating,
  • nomadic,
  • adaptable,
  • Unarranged,
  • discretionary,
  • Fantasied,
  • planless,
  • hesitating,
  • lightsome,
  • dispersed,
  • flickering,
  • Indemonstrable,
  • illusory,
  • broken,
  • various,
  • senseless,
  • fluky,
  • unreasoning,
  • unrealistic,
  • maggoty,
  • disorderly,
  • of two minds,
  • Heteroclite,
  • unaccountable,
  • dishonourable,
  • momentary,
  • temporal,
  • impermanent,
  • hysterical,
  • hot-tempered,
  • waspish,
  • erose,
  • chameleonic,
  • unprovable,
  • planetary,
  • grouchy,
  • shuffling,
  • unguarded,
  • nonpermanent,
  • hot-blooded,
  • short,
  • undisciplined,
  • explosive,
  • mobile,
  • fading,
  • straggling,
  • devious,
  • Diversiform,
  • agitated,
  • polysemous,
  • wobbly,
  • snappish,
  • restless,
  • light-minded,
  • uncontrolled,
  • impatient,
  • straggly,
  • snatchy,
  • roving,
  • fence-sitting,
  • featherbrained,
  • ambiguous,
  • catchy,
  • inadvertent,
  • Inconsonant,
  • uncertainly,
  • weird,
  • Unenduring,
  • veering,
  • unconvinced,
  • unverifiable,
  • fence-straddling,
  • unthoughtful,
  • impetuous,
  • unique,
  • unfaithful,
  • dishonest,
  • nonstandard,
  • short-tempered,
  • chimerical,
  • indefinite,
  • Careening,
  • insubstantial,
  • grandiose,
  • deciduous,
  • coy,
  • misshapen,
  • periodic,
  • peregrine,
  • staggering,
  • far-fetched,
  • Intermitting,
  • off-the-wall,
  • jagged,
  • evanescent,
  • disarticulated,
  • crabbed,
  • delusive,
  • formless,
  • driving,
  • equivocal,
  • unorthodox,
  • plastic,
  • bizarre,
  • spasmodic,
  • changing,
  • casual,
  • false,
  • foolish,
  • choppy,
  • tottery,
  • wavering,
  • disconnected,
  • different,
  • Orderless,
  • promiscuous,
  • particular,
  • meaningless,
  • transient,
  • gratuitous,
  • amorphous,
  • nondurable,
  • unreflecting,
  • varying,
  • at loose ends,
  • wobbling,
  • incoherent,
  • bluff,
  • perishable,
  • uninformed,
  • peculiar,
  • heedless,
  • unorganized,
  • motley,
  • hotheaded,
  • Unsteadfast,
  • fugitive,
  • scrappy,
  • variform,
  • Vicissitudinary,
  • hit-or-miss,
  • supererogatory,
  • reckless,
  • nonsymmetrical,
  • vibratory,
  • brittle,
  • thoughtless,
  • Immethodical,
  • irritable,
  • subjective,
  • unforeseeable,
  • spotty,
  • divergent,
  • mazy,
  • pluralistic,
  • kaleidoscopic,
  • two-faced,
  • unconformable,
  • wild,
  • guttering,
  • dying,
  • irascible,
  • short-lived,
  • divaricate,
  • inchoate,
  • unpersuaded,
  • Unjoined,
  • frothy.

Paraphrases for Capricious:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    arbitrary, indiscriminate, spoiled, discretionary, wanton.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    temperamental, whimsical, wayward, skittish, spoilt, random, fanciful.

Antonyms for Capricious:

• adj.

  • given to sudden behavior change
    staid, predictable, constant, steady, cautious, sensible, stable, thoughtful, dependable, unchanging, reliable, reasonable, steadfast.
  • Other antonyms:
    sure, sound, durable, fast, hardheaded, tough-minded, inflexible, levelheaded, immutable, persistent, sober, pragmatic, equable, hard-boiled, logical, permanent, practical, unyielding, sane, no-nonsense, Grounded, sobersided, unarbitrary, abiding, rational, lasting, down-to-earth, trustworthy, established, nonarbitrary, tried and true, tried, even, matter of fact, uniform, unchangeable, true, commonsensical, invariable, unalterable, earthy, unrelenting, unbending.