WHIMSY (whimsier, whimsiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: whimsier    , whimsiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does whimsy mean? 

• WHIMSY (noun)
  The noun WHIMSY has 2 senses:

1. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

2. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

  Familiarity information: WHIMSY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHIMSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An odd or fanciful or capricious idea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

notion; whim; whimsey; whimsy

Context example:

whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it

Hypernyms ("whimsy" is a kind of...):

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Derivation:

whimsical (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

arbitrariness; capriciousness; flightiness; whimsey; whimsicality; whimsy

Context example:

I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory

Hypernyms ("whimsy" is a kind of...):

irresponsibility; irresponsibleness (a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions)

Derivation:

whimsical (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason)