adlib

Main Entry:
ad-lib
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: at one's pleasure
Synonyms: according to pleasure, ad libitum, as one thinks best, as one wishes, at will, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporize, extemporized, impromptu, improvise, improvised, made-up, off-the-cuff, off-the-cuff, spontaneous, unprepared, unrehearsed, without restraint
Antonyms: deliberate, planned, prepared, rehearsed, written
Main Entry: ad-lib
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: improvise speech
Synonyms: extemporize, invent, make up, speak extemporaneously, speak impromptu, speak off the cuff
Antonyms: plan, prepare, rehearse, write
Main Entry: devise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: conceive, dream up
Synonyms: ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up, craft, create, design, discover, dope out, fake it, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off, hatch, head trip, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, think up, throw together, trump up, vamp, whip up, work out
Antonyms: borrow
Main Entry: extemporize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: improvise
Synonyms: ad-lib, dash out, devise, do offhand, improvisate, invent, knock off, make up, play by ear, toss off
Antonyms: plan, prepare, read, rehearse
Main Entry: impromptu
Part of Speech: adjective, adverb
Definition: unrehearsed, improvised
Synonyms: ad-lib, dashed off, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, fake, faked, improv, improviso, off the cuff, offhand, played by ear, shot from the hip, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, thrown off, tossed off, unpremeditated, unprepared, unscripted, unstudied, vamped, whipped up, winged*
Notes: extemporaneous means 'prepared in advance and carried out with few or no notes' while impromptu means 'totally unprepared, performed on the spur of the moment' - but this distinction has been all but lost
impromptu conveys unrehearsed remarks or performance with an element of surprise, while extempore only suggests that this is done without notes or props
Antonyms: deliberate, designed, planned, premeditated, rehearsed
Main Entry: improvise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make up
Synonyms: ad-lib, brainstorm, coin, concoct, contrive, dash off, devise, do off top of head, do offhand, dream up, extemporize, fake, fake it, improv, improvisate, invent, jam*, knock off, make do, slapdash, spark, speak off the cuff, throw together, wing it
Antonyms: design, devise, plan, premeditate
Main Entry: improvised
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: made-up
Synonyms: Band-Aid, ad-lib, autoschediastic, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, fly-by-night, hit-or-miss, impromptu, improviso, makeshift, offhand, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied
Antonyms: designed, planned, premediated, rehearsed
Main Entry: impulsive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tending to act without thought
Synonyms: abrupt, ad-lib, automatic, careless, devil-may-care, emotional, extemporaneous, flaky*, gone off deep end, hasty, headlong, hot-and-cold, impetuous, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, jumping the gun, mad, offhand, passionate, precipitate, quick, rash, spontaneous, sudden, swift, unconsidered, unexpected, unmeditated, unpredictable, unpremeditated, unprompted, up-and-down, violent, winging it
Notes: a compulsive eater is compelled by an exterior force to eat and eats constantly; an impulsive eater is impelled (has an impulse) to eat, occurring sporadically, and eats only from time to time
Antonyms: cautious, considering, heedful, premeditative, thoughtful, wise
Main Entry: invent
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create, think up
Synonyms: ad-lib, author, bear, bring into being, coin, come up with, come upon, compose, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, dream up, envision, execute, fake, fashion, find, forge, form, formulate, frame, hatch, imagine, improve, improvise, inaugurate, initiate, jam*, knock off, make, make up, mint, off-the-cuff, originate, plan, produce, project, toss off, turn out, wing*
Notes: The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before.
Antonyms: steal
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