The formation and movement of hurricanes are capricious, even with our present-day technology.
Source: tatoeba (1905)
Capricious
//kəˈpɹɪʃəs//
Synonyms for "capricious" (290 found)
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Closest matches (58)
arbitraryunpredictablewhimsicaladriftafloatagnosticaimlessalternatingambiguousambitendentambivalentamorphousat loose endsbrittlebrokencareeningcarelesscasualcatchychancy
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changeablechangefulchangingchoppycorruptiblecoycrankycrotchetydeciduousdesultorydeviabledeviatingdeviativedeviatorydiceydifferentdisarticulateddisconnecteddiscontinuousdisjunctdisordereddisorderlydisperseddisproportionatedivaricatedivergentdiversifieddiversiformdizzydouble-mindeddoubtingdubiousdyingeccentriceffervescentephemeralequivocal
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (87)
eroseerraticevanescentfadingfaithlessfancifulfancyfantasiedfantasticfantasticalfast and loosefeatherbrainedfence-sittingfence-straddlingficklefitfulflakyfleetingflickeringflighty
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flittingfluctuantfluctuatingfly-by-nightflyingformlessfragilefrailfreakishfrivolousfugaciousfugitivegiddygratuitousgutteringhaltinghaphazardharebrainedheedlessherky-jerkyhesitanthesitatingheteroclitehit-or-misshumorsomeiffyimmethodicalimpermanentimpetuousimpulsiveinadvertentincalculableinchoateincoherentinconsiderateinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindemonstrableindiscriminateinfirminfirm of purposeinsubstantialintermittentintermittingirregularirresoluteirresolvedirresponsiblejaggedjerkykinkylooselubriciouslurchingmaggotymazymeaninglessmercurialmisshapenmobilemomentary
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (145)
moodymortalmotivelessmotleymugwumpianmugwumpishmutablenonconformistnondurablenonpermanentnonstandardnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformnotionalof two mindsorderlesspassingpatchyperishable
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petulantplanlesspluralisticpolysemouspromiscuousquirkyraggedramblingrandomreasonlessrestlessroughrovingscatterbrainedscrappysenselessshapelessshiftingshiftyshort livedshort-livedshufflingskepticalsnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspinelesssporadicspottystaggeringstragglingstragglysystemlesstemperamentaltemporaltemporarythoughtlessticklishtouch-and-gotransienttransitivetransitoryunaccountableunarrangeduncalculatinguncertainunclassifiedunconfirmableuncontrolledunconvincedundecidedundependableundeterminedundirectedundisciplinedundivinableundurableunenduringunequableunequalunevenunfixedunforeseeableungradedunguardedunjoinedunmethodicalunmetricalunorderedunorganizedunorthodoxunpersuadedunprovableunreasonableunreasoningunreflectingunregularunreliableunresolvedunrestrainedunrhythmicalunsettledunsortedunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsureunsymmetricalunsystematicunthinkingunthoughtfuluntrueununiformunverifiablevacillatingvagariousvagrantvaguevariablevariegatedvariformvariousvaryingveeringversatilevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwishy washywishy-washywobblingwobbly
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُتَقَلِّب adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Belarusian
1 entries- капры́зны adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Breton
1 entries- froudennek adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Bulgarian
3 entries- капризен adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- непостоянен adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- непредвидим adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 任性的 adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- 反复无常的 adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- 善变的 adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Czech
4 entries- kapriciózní adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- rozmarný adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- vrtkavý adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- vrtošivý adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Danish
4 entries- lunefuld adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- uberegnelig adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- uforudsigbar adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- uforutsigbar adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Dutch
2 entries- grillig adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- wispelturig adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Esperanto
1 entries- kapricema adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Finnish
2 entries- oikukas adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- oikullinen adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
French
1 entries- capricieux adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Galician
2 entries- cabuxeiro adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- caprichoso adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Georgian
4 entries- ახირებული adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- თავნება adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- თვითრჯული adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- ჭირვეული adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
German
4 entries- kapriziös adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- launenhaft adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- launisch adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- schrullig adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Hindi
4 entries- झक्की adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- तरंगी adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- मन-चला adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- मुतलव्विन adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Hungarian
1 entries- szeszélyes adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Icelandic
4 entries- duttlungafullur adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- duttlungasamur adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- dyntóttur adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- kenjóttur adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Indonesian
3 entries- licik adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- licin adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- sulit diduga adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Irish
1 entries- meonúil adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Italian
1 entries- capriccioso adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Japanese
1 entries- 気紛れ adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Latin
1 entries- inconstans adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Lithuanian
1 entries- įnoringas adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Macedonian
3 entries- каприцио́зен adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- непо́стојан adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- непре́двидлив adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Maltese
1 entries- kapriċċuż adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Norwegian
3 entries- lunefull adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- uberegnelig adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- uforutsigbar adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Persian
1 entries- دمدمیمزاج adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Polish
2 entries- kapryśny adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- nagły adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Portuguese
3 entries- caprichoso adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- imprevisível adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- impulsivo adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Romanian
1 entries- capricios adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Russian
1 entries- капризный adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Spanish
2 entries- antojadizo adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- caprichoso adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Swedish
3 entries- nyckfull adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- oberäknelig adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- oförutsägbar adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Thai
1 entries- ตามอำเภอใจ adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Turkish
2 entries- hercai adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
- kaprisli adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Ukrainian
1 entries- капри́зний adj (impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim)
Sample sentences
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The sky was so starry, so bright that, looking at it, one could not help asking oneself whether ill-humoured and capricious people could live under such a sky.
Source: tatoeba (2470199)
Capricious as April.
Source: tatoeba (3778085)
Everyone is entitled to be capricious now and then.
Source: tatoeba (5563635)
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