Whim

Quick meaning: Whim is a noun meaning A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.

Meaning

A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.

More Meanings

1. A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.
2. (mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes.
3. (rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.

Example Sentences

Let ev’ry Man enjoy his whim; / What’s He to Me, or I to him?

In an internet-dominated world where vain techlords rule us by whim, sovereign governments seem reduced to the role of rearguard guerrillas.

[…]“I am sorry to make you the victim of what may seem a mere whim, but on my life, Watson, I simply can’t leave that case in this condition.

“You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.

Word Forms

• whims
• whimming
• whimmed

Synonyms for whim

Depending on context, synonyms include boutade, caprice, capriccio, conceit, crotchet, delirament.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whimsey, whimsy, caprice, vagary, impulse, notion.

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