Ad-lib synonyms
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Part of speech:
To make, compose, or perform something extemporaneously.
To perform an act or utter something in an impromptu manner; improvise:
invent (related)
according to pleasure
(Music) At the discretion of the performer. Used chiefly as a direction giving license to alter or omit a part.
as one thinks best
as one wishes
at pleasure
at will
(Idiomatic) at one's preference; as one sees fit
Carried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu:
Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
Simple past and past participle of improvise.
Produced by or resulting from a sudden impulse
Put together; arranged:
Right away, immediately, without thinking about it
In an off-the-cuff manner.
In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
Not rehearsed
without restraint
deliver extemporaneously
deliver spontaneously
wing-it
(Idiomatic) To improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; to perform with little or no preparation.
planned (antonym)
written (antonym)
prepositionared (antonym)
rehearsed (antonym)
deliberate (antonym)
deliberately (antonym)
plan (antonym)
write (antonym)
rehearse (antonym)
prepositionare (antonym)
(Sports) To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.
The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
The act of improvising
Spoken, done, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:
Spoken, carried out, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:
Made or done suddenly, with little or no preparation:
prepared (related)
Happening or arising without apparent external cause; self-generated:
Not written or recorded:
(Intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
extemporarily
Rough or crude but effective for a purpose or use.
unconcocted
(Archaic) crude
Not contrived.
undeliberated
unmanufactured
Not manufactured.
unprimed
Not primed
extemporaneousness
The degree or property of being extemporaneous
improvision
The act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
nonpreparation
planlessness
The state or quality of being planless.
unbegun
unfittedness
unqualification
unqualifiedness
The state or condition of being unqualified.
unsuitedness
The state or condition of being unsuited.
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