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whimsey
whim·sy also whim·sey W5123400 (wĭm′zē, hwĭm′-)n. pl. whim·sies also whim·seys 1. An unusual, unexpected, or fanciful idea; a whim.2. Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor: stories full of whimsy.
[Probably from whim-wham, fanciful object.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | whimsey - an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"whimsy, whim, notionidea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" | | 2. | whimsey - the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"arbitrariness, flightiness, whimsicality, whimsy, capriciousnessirresponsibility, irresponsibleness - a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions |
whimsy also whimsey
nounAn impulsive, often illogical turn of mind:bee, boutade, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, vagary, whim.Idiom: bee in one's bonnet.whimsey
Synonyms for whimseynoun an odd or fanciful or capricious ideaSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgmentSynonyms- arbitrariness
- flightiness
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- capriciousness
Related Words- irresponsibility
- irresponsibleness
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