improvise
Meaning
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
Concepts
improvise
extemporize
ad-lib
extemporise
improvize
ad lib
blurt
busk
fake
wing
compose
make up
vamp
jam
extemporise extemporize
concoct
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/
Etymology
From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus.
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