ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsW–Zwhimsical
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whimsical
Meaning: playfully quaint or fanciful
whimsical in a sentence
How whimsical is used in real sentences:
The whimsical illustrations made the book magical.
The whimsical illustrations made the book magical.
“September gave the plots a whimsical look as seed heads bobbed like tiny silver lanterns above the grass.”
— from the passage The Meadow Notebook
Synonyms for whimsical
Other words for whimsical — fanciful and quirky — carry the same meaning.
- fanciful
- quirky
Antonyms of whimsical
Words that mean the opposite of whimsical:
- serious
- practical
Where it comes from
From whim + -ical
Memory hook
WHIMSICAL follows every WHIM.