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improvisate

VERB
extemporize
Synonyms
STRONG
ad-lib devise invent
WEAK
dash out do offhand knock off make up play by ear toss off
Antonyms
WEAK
plan prepare read rehearse
VERB
improvise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ad-lib brainstorm concoct contrive devise dream up invent throw together
STRONG
coin extemporize fake jam spark
WEAK
dash off do off top of head do offhand fake it improv made do speak off the cuff wing it
Antonyms
WEAK
design plan premeditate

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Improvisate, im-prov′i-sāt, Improvise, im-pro-vīz′, v.t. to compose and recite, esp. in verse, without preparation: to bring about on a sudden: to do anything off-hand.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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