Whim

/wɪm/

Synonyms for "whim" (115 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(10 words)

caprice fancy impulse notion whimsy arbitrariness boutade capriccio caprices conceit

aberration abnormality anomaly apparition bee boutade brainchild brainstorm bubble capriccio caprice chimera conceit

Strong matches (35)

crank crazecrazy ideacrotchet delirium deviation device disposition divergence dream eidolon extravagance fad fancy fantasquefantastic notionfantasy fiction figmentfigment of the imagination

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flimflamfool notionfreakfreakish inspirationhallucinationharebrained ideahumor idea

Noun(7 words)

crotchet deliramentespecially in phrase on a whimfangle figary flisk freak

Related words (57)

ideal idiosyncrasyidle fancyillusion imagery imagination imagining inclinationinsubstantial imageinvention irregularity kink maggotmake believemake-believe megrim myth nonconformity notion oddity

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passing fancypeculiarity phantasm phantom prank quirk rage romancesick fancysingularity strangenessstretch of the imaginationthick-coming fanciesthought toy trip vagary vapor visionwhim whamwhim-wham whimsywildest dreamwildest dreams

Noun(13 words)

kink lark maggot megrim spleen toy vagary whim-wham whims whimsey whimseys whimsies wimsey

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More general

4 entries

desire ideamental statethought

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4 entries

capricious impulsechildish whimfanciful notionplayful impulse

Collocations

5 entries

capricechildish whimfancy impulsemomentary whim

Inflections

1 entries

whims

Derivations

3 entries

whimsical whimsically whimsy

Sample sentences

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Father was generous enough to indulge my every whim.

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If you write your address on a web-page, anybody can find out where you live if the whim takes them.

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At work they are at the whim of the boss.

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Once you decide to enter a profession, you can't change your mind on a whim.

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