Offhand synonyms
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at-the-moment
Having made no preparations.
Spoken, performed, done, or composed with little or no preparation; extemporaneous:
Characterized by nontechnical vocabulary, simple sentence structure, and relatively few explicit transitions, as typified by spoken language:
Not planned or thought out in advance:
Spoken or done extemporaneously
Not prepared in advance; impromptu:
Acting in accordance with or resulting from a natural feeling, impulse, or tendency, without any constraint, effort, or premeditation
off-the-top-of-one-s-head
Free of artifice or cunning; innocent, spontaneous and unaffected.
Not rehearsed.
Created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
extemporaneous (related)
Jumping from topic to topic without proper transitions; jerky and disconnected
Not paying enough attention; not thinking before one acts or speaks; neglectful; heedless; inconsiderate
Informal or relaxed
Of or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I.
Caused by or ascribable to chance; unexpected, random, or casual:
Terse or condensed:
Spoken, carried out, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:
improvisatorial
Of, or having the nature of, an improviser or improvisation
improvisatory
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
improviso
Having force or power to impel or incite; forceful.
Less formal and ceremonious than is usual or expected; informal; familiar
Not adhering to convention; out of the ordinary.
Having no particular purpose, organization, or structure; random.
autoschediasm
The act of improvising
deliberate (antonym)
careful (antonym)
considered (antonym)
calculated (antonym)
planned (antonym)
practiced (antonym)
Made or done suddenly, with little or no preparation:
prepared (related)
in a casually inconsiderate manner
by-ear
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