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impromptu [im-promp-too, -tyoo]
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: make
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create, build
Synonyms: accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up, dash off, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, get ready, give rise to, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off, lead to, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, tear off, throw together, whip, whip out
Antonyms: crush, destroy, raze, ruin
Main Entry: type
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hit keys on machine to print document
Synonyms: copy, dash off, enter data, hunt-and-peck, teletype, touch, touch-type, transcribe, typewrite, write
Main Entry: write
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put language down on paper
Synonyms: address, author, autograph, bang out, chalk, commit, communicate, comp, compose, copy, correspond, create, dash off, draft, draw up, drop a line, drop a note, engross, formulate, ghost, indite, ink, inscribe, jot down, knock off, knock out, letter, note, note down, pen, pencil, print, push a pencil, put in writing, record, reproduce, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, scribe, scriven, set down, set forth, sign, take down, tell, transcribe, turn out, typewrite, write down, write up
Antonyms: read
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