Whim: alternatives and connections

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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of Think

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An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

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The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediatel…

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Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable…

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Alt. of Whimsy

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A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.

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