Roget's Thesaurus

#608. Caprice

Nouns

caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy, whimsey, whimwham; crotchet, capriccio, quirk, freak, maggot, fad, vagary, prank, fit, flimflam, escapade, boutade [Fr.], wild-goose chase; capriciousness etc. adj.; kink.

Verbs

be capricious etc. adj.; have a maggot in the brain; take it into one's head, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; blow hot and cold; play fast and loose, play fantastic tricks; tourner casaque [Fr.].

Adjectives

capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims etc. n.; maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky [U.S.], particular, humorsome, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward; contrary; captious; arbitrary; unconformable etc. 83; penny wise and pound foolish; fickle etc. (irresolute) 605; frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile.

Adverbs

by fits and starts, without rhyme or reason.

Phrases

nil fuit unquain sic inipar sibi [Lat.]; the deuce is in him.