Antonyms of adj capricious
2 senses of capricious
Sense 1
capricious, freakish -- (changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather")
INDIRECT (VIA unpredictable) -> predictable -- (capable of being foretold)
Sense 2
capricious, impulsive, whimsical -- (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions")
INDIRECT (VIA arbitrary) -> nonarbitrary, unarbitrary -- (not subject to individual determination)
Similarity of adj capricious
2 senses of capricious
Sense 1
capricious, freakish -- (changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather")
=> unpredictable (vs. predictable) -- (not capable of being foretold)
Sense 2
capricious, impulsive, whimsical -- (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions")
=> arbitrary (vs. nonarbitrary) -- (based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves")