To compose or recite without preparation

• make up

  1. To constitute; to compose; to form.
  2. To compensate, fill in or catch up.
  3. To invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.).

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  1. To constitute; to compose; to form.
  2. To compensate, fill in or catch up.
  3. To invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.).

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• improvise

  1. To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation:
  2. To make or provide from available materials:
  3. To make, compose, or perform something extemporaneously.

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  1. To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation:
  2. To make or provide from available materials:
  3. To make, compose, or perform something extemporaneously.

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• fake

  1. Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.
  2. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.
  3. A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.

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  1. Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.
  2. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.
  3. A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.

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• extemporize

  1. To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice:
  2. To perform an act or utter something in an impromptu manner; improvise:

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  1. To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice:
  2. To perform an act or utter something in an impromptu manner; improvise:

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Something improvised

• improvisation

  1. The act or art of improvising.
  2. Something improvised, such as a musical passage or comedic skit.

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  1. The act or art of improvising.
  2. Something improvised, such as a musical passage or comedic skit.

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• impromptu

  1. Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance:
  2. Spoken, performed, done, or composed with little or no preparation; extemporaneous:
  3. With little or no preparation; extemporaneously.

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  1. Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance:
  2. Spoken, performed, done, or composed with little or no preparation; extemporaneous:
  3. With little or no preparation; extemporaneously.

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• extemporization

  1. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

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  1. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

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Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought

• off-the-cuff

  1. Not prepared in advance; impromptu:

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  1. Not prepared in advance; impromptu:

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• unrehearsed

  1. Not rehearsed.

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  1. Not rehearsed.

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• spur-of-the-moment

  1. Occurring or made hastily on impulse:

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  1. Occurring or made hastily on impulse:

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• snap

  1. To make a brisk sharp cracking sound:
  2. To break suddenly with a brisk, sharp, cracking sound.
  3. To give way abruptly under pressure or tension:

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  1. To make a brisk sharp cracking sound:
  2. To break suddenly with a brisk, sharp, cracking sound.
  3. To give way abruptly under pressure or tension:

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• offhand

  1. Without preparation or forethought; extemporaneously:
  2. Performed or expressed without preparation or forethought:

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  1. Without preparation or forethought; extemporaneously:
  2. Performed or expressed without preparation or forethought:

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• improvised

  1. created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
  2. Simple past and past participle of improvise.

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  1. created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
  2. Simple past and past participle of improvise.

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• impromptu

  1. Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance:
  2. Spoken, performed, done, or composed with little or no preparation; extemporaneous:
  3. With little or no preparation; extemporaneously.

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  1. Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance:
  2. Spoken, performed, done, or composed with little or no preparation; extemporaneous:
  3. With little or no preparation; extemporaneously.

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• extempore

  1. Spoken, carried out, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:
  2. In an extemporaneous manner.

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  1. Spoken, carried out, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:
  2. In an extemporaneous manner.

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• extemporary

  1. Spoken, done, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:

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  1. Spoken, done, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:

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• extemporaneous

  1. Carried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu:
  2. Prepared in advance but delivered without notes or text:
  3. Skilled at or given to unrehearsed speech or performance:

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  1. Carried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu:
  2. Prepared in advance but delivered without notes or text:
  3. Skilled at or given to unrehearsed speech or performance:

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