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Synonyms and antonyms of whimsy in English

whimsy

noun
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JOKE

Synonyms

joke
jest
pleasantry
diversion
playful or mischievous trick or remark
play of wit
horseplay
facetiousness
frolic
practical joke
gag
jape
monkeyshine
prank
caper
antic
lark
funny story
anecdote
shaggy-dog story
bon mot
wit
witticism
pun
quip
badinage
repartee
wisecrack
banter
satire
parody
lampoon
farce
travesty
burlesque
put-on
Informal

HUMOR

Synonyms

humor
jokes
joking
wit
wittiness
witticisms
gags
wisecracks
jests
jesting
foolery
fooling
foolishness
tomfoolery
raillery
ridicule
buffoonery
waggery
monkeyshines
comedy
high comedy
low comedy
broad comedy
slapstick
low humor
broad humor
burlesque
farce
caricature
parody
travesty
satire
wordplay
puns

Antonyms

seriousness
gravity
solemnity
sobriety
sadness
grief
sorrow
melancholy

FANTASY

Synonyms

fantasy
fancy
illusion
daydream
imagining
dream
reverie
invention
fabrication
visionary idea
notion
fiction
figment
supposition
caprice
nightmare
vision
chimera
apparition
mirage
phantasm
phantom
hallucination

Antonyms

reality
actuality
fact

FRIVOLITY

Synonyms

dallying
play
sport
jest
fun
frivolity
giddiness
flightiness
levity
lightness
emptiness
folly
triviality
frippery
fickleness
flippancy
airiness
wantonness
thoughtlessness
abandon

Antonyms

seriousness
staidness
sedateness
gravity
solemnity
soberness
earnestness

QUIRK

Synonyms

odd fancy
foible
caprice
vagary
whimsical notion
whim
quirk
peculiarity
oddity
eccentricity
idiosyncrasy
mannerism
affectation
crotchet
aberration
abnormality
kink
fetish

FOIBLE

Synonyms

vice
quirk
kink
crotchet
foible
minor fault
fault
weakness
shortcoming
frailty
failing
imperfection
weak point
weak side
infirmity
defect
deficiency

Antonyms

strength
forte
virtue
perfection
crime
atrocity
sin
enormity
abomination

LEVITY

Synonyms

levity
frivolity
lightness
lightheartedness
lack of earnestness or seriousness
triviality
hilarity
foolishness
silliness
joking
mirth
jocularity
trifling
flippancy
flightiness
pleasantry
fun

Antonyms

gravity
seriousness
sobriety
earnestness
solemnity
dignity

VAGARY

Synonyms

vagary
whim
caprice
notion
fancy
crotchet
impulse
fantasy
daydream
quirk
kink
humor
passing fancy
idiosyncrasy
eccentricity
brainstorm
Slang

FREAK

Synonyms

fancy
humor
freak
twist
quirk
vagary
irregularity
anomaly
kink
whim
caprice
crotchet
turn
craze
fad

FAD

Synonyms

whim
fancy
fad
craze
rage
fashion
mania
latest word
latest thing
vogue
mode
dernier cri
French
 Synonyms for whimsy from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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whimsical notion
whimsy
whine
whine over
whine plaintively
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