capricious

Adjective Satellite

• changeable
  • "a capricious summer breeze"
• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
  • "a capricious refusal"
  • "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"

Adj

• Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

Examples

• I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
• Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.

Synonyms

freakish, impulsive, whimsical, arbitrary, fickle, flighty, wayward

Antonyms

conscientious, rigorous

Related Words

caprice