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Main Entry:
capricious [kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: given to sudden behavior change
Synonyms: any way the wind blows, arbitrary, blowing hot and cold, careless, changeful, contrary, crotchety, effervescent, erratic, every which way, fanciful, fickle, fitful, flaky*, flighty, freakish, gaga, helter-skelter, humorsome, impulsive, inconstant, kinky*, lubricious, mercurial, moody, mutable, notional, odd, picky*, punchy, queer, quirky, temperamental, ticklish, unpredictable, unreasonable, unstable, up and down, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo
Antonyms: constant, dependable, sensible, staid, steadfast, steady
Main Entry: plumb
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: vertical
Synonyms: erect, perpendicular, sheer, straight, straight up, up and down, upright
Notes: a plum is any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit, while a plumb is a weight on the end of a line used to determine water depth or used to establish a true vertical
Antonyms: flat, horizontal, level
Main Entry: thoroughly
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: exhaustively
Synonyms: all, assiduously, carefully, completely, comprehensively, conscientiously, earnestly, efficiently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, flat out, from A to Z, from top to bottom, fully, hard, highly, hugely, in and out, in detail, inside out, intensely, intensively, meticulously, notably, painstakingly, remarkably, scrupulously, strikingly, sweepingly, through and through, throughout, unremittingly, up and down, very, whole hog, wholly
Antonyms: incompletely, inexhaustively, partially, superficially
Main Entry: throughout
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: during the whole of
Synonyms: all over, all the time, all through, around, at full length, completely, during, every bit, everyplace, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, for the duration, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from start to finish, from the start, from the word go, high and low, in all respects, in every place, in everything, inside and out, on all accounts, over, overall, right through, round, the whole time, through the whole of, to the end, up and down
Notes: through is used in reference to a movement or passage that proceeds linearly; throughout to a movement or passage that proceeds spatially
Main Entry: wanton
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: careless
Synonyms: capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, thriftless, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild
Antonyms: careful, observant, thoughtful, wise
Main Entry: back and forth
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: backward and forward
Synonyms: alternating, backwards and forwards, from pillar to post, from side to side, in and out, seesaw, to and fro, up and down, vacillating
Main Entry: backwards and forwards
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: in detail
Synonyms: assiduously, completely, comprehensively, from A to Z, from top to bottom, fully, in and out, inside out, thoroughly, through and through, up and down, whole hog
Main Entry: to and fro
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: back and forth
Synonyms: backward and forward, backwards and forwards, forward and back, from side to side, here and there, in and out, off and on, seesaw, up and down, zigzag
Main Entry: exhaustively
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: thoroughly
Synonyms: carefully, completely, comprehensively, earnestly, from top to bottom, fully, in and out, inside out, intensely, meticulously, totally, up and down, wholly
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