Ad-lib Synonyms and Antonyms
ăd lĭb'
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Synonyms for Ad-lib
To furnish or contrive (things) in a makeshift way to meet a pressing need
The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.
Not rehearsed
without restraint
Implicit or understood but not formally articulated.
unbegun
To make do with whatever materials are at hand:
The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
(Music) A short composition, especially for the piano, performed in an offhand or extemporized style.
Carried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu:
Spoken, carried out, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:
Created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
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Performed or expressed without preparation or forethought:
Made or done suddenly, with little or no preparation:
(Idiomatic) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu.
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
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as one wishes
at pleasure
at will
(Idiomatic) at one's preference; as one sees fit
Without interference or restriction.
(Physics) Acting within brief time intervals. Used especially of a force.
In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
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deliver extemporaneously
deliver spontaneously
Controlled and directed internally : self-active : spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
(Intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
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extemporarily
Rough or crude but effective for a purpose or use.
unconcocted
(Archaic) crude
uncontrived
Not contrived.
undeliberated
unmanufactured
Not manufactured.
unprimed
Not primed
extemporaneousness
The degree or property of being extemporaneous
improvision
(Obsolete) The lack of provision, a failure to provide something.
nonpreparation
Neglect or failure to prepare.
planlessness
The state or quality of being planless.
unfittedness
unqualification
unqualifiedness
The state or condition of being unqualified.
unsuitedness
The state or condition of being unsuited.
To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.
Antonyms for Ad-lib
The definition of written is words put down so that they can be read.
improvised
improvised
To have as a specific aim or purpose; intend:
To produce or compose (text) in a recorded form that can be read:
To list or enumerate:
improvise speech
improvised
Words Related to Ad-lib
To think out or produce (a new device, process, etc.); originate, as by experiment; devise for the first time
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