Definition of capricious Capricious

/kʌpɹɪˈʃʌs/ - [kuprishus] - ca•pri•cious

We found 4 definitions of capricious from 3 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

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"
  impulsive, whimsical
  arbitrary based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"
capricious - changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"
  freakish
  unpredictable unknown in advance; "an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future"
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  • capricious (a.)
    Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.

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