The formation and movement of hurricanes are capricious, even with our present-day technology.
Source: tatoeba (1905)
Capricious
/kəˈpɹɪʃəs/
Synonyms for "capricious" (315 found)
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adriftafloatagnosticaimlessalternatingambiguousambitendentambivalentamorphousarbitraryat loose endsbrittlebrokencareeningcarelesscasualcatchychancychangeablechangeful
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changingchoppycorruptiblecoycrankycrotchetydeciduousdesultorydeviabledeviatingdeviativedeviatorydiceydifferentdisarticulateddisconnecteddiscontinuousdisjunctdisordereddisorderlydisperseddisproportionatedivaricatedivergentdiversifieddiversiformdizzydouble-mindeddoubtingdubiousdyingeccentriceffervescentephemeralequivocaleroseerratic
Strong matches (95)
Adjective(13 words)
evanescentfadingfaithlessfancifulfancyfantasiedfantasticfantasticalfast and loosefeatherbrainedfence-sittingfence-straddlingficklefitfulflakyfleetingflickeringflightyflittingfluctuant
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fluctuatingfly-by-nightflyingformlessfragilefrailfreakishfrivolousfugaciousfugitivegiddygratuitousgutteringhaltinghaphazardharebrainedheedlessherky-jerkyhesitanthesitatingheteroclitehit-or-misshumorsomeiffyimmethodicalimpermanentimpetuousimpulsiveinadvertentincalculableinchoateincoherentinconsiderateinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindemonstrableindiscriminateinfirminfirm of purposeinsubstantialintermittentintermittingirregularirresoluteirresolvedirresponsiblejaggedjerkykinkylooselubriciouslurchingmaggotymazymeaninglessmercurialmisshapen
Verb(1 words)
Related words (157)
mobilemomentarymoodymortalmotivelessmotleymugwumpianmugwumpishmutablenonconformistnondurablenonpermanentnonstandardnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformnotionalof two mindsorderlesspassing
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patchyperishablepetulantplanlesspluralisticpolysemouspromiscuousquirkyraggedramblingrandomreasonlessrestlessroughrovingscatterbrainedscrappysenselessshapelessshiftingshiftyshort livedshort-livedshufflingskepticalsnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspinelesssporadicspottystaggeringstragglingstragglysystemlesstemperamentaltemporaltemporarythoughtlessticklishtouch-and-gotransienttransitivetransitoryunaccountableunarrangeduncalculatinguncertainunclassifiedunconfirmableuncontrolledunconvincedundecidedundependableundeterminedundirectedundisciplinedundivinableundurableunenduringunequableunequalunevenunfixedunforeseeableungradedunguardedunjoinedunmethodicalunmetricalunorderedunorganizedunorthodoxunpersuadedunpredictableunprovableunreasonableunreasoningunreflectingunregularunreliableunresolvedunrestrainedunrhythmicalunsettledunsortedunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsureunsymmetricalunsystematicunthinkingunthoughtfuluntrueununiformunverifiablevacillatingvagariousvagrantvaguevariablevariegatedvariformvariousvaryingveeringvicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwishy washywishy-washywobblingwobbly
Adjective(11 words)
moodiestrandom assemblyrandom classrandom languagerandom problemrandom weatherunpredictableunpredictable conductunpredictable futureunpredictable outcomesunprincipled teaching
Noun(1 words)
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6 entriescapricious behaviorcapricious decisioncapricious impulsecapricious moodcapricious policycapricious weather
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2 entriesmore capriciousmost capricious
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2 entriesSample 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.
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Capricious as April.
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Everyone is entitled to be capricious now and then.
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