capricenoun [ C or U ]
uk/kəˈpriːs/us/kəˈpriːs/literary(the quality of often having) a sudden and usually silly wish to have or do something, or a sudden and silly change of mind or behaviour:
The $300 million palace was built to satisfy the caprice of one man.
Synonym
whim
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feelings of desire
- appetite
- compulsion
- covetous
- craving
- cupidity
- dream
- drive
- get itchy feet idiom
- hunger
- impulse buy
- inclination
- longing
- lust
- need
- urge
- vaulting
- whim
- wish
- yearning
- yen
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