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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free and easy; without restraint |
| Synonyms: | audacious, candid, cut loose, expansive, fancy-free, footloose, frank, free, hanging out, informal, instinctive, liberated, natural, no holds barred, off the cuff, open, relaxed, spontaneous, unbridled, unchecked, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, ungoverned, unhampered, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unself-conscious, unsuppressed |
| Antonyms: | careful, inhibited, modest, shy |
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improvised |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, ad-lib, automatic, autoschediastic, by ear, casual, expedient, extemporary, extempore, fake, free, immediate, impromptu, improv, improvisatory, improviso, informal, jamming, made-up, makeshift, offhand, on impulse, on-the-spot, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, toss off, toss out, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied, winging it |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, planned, premeditated, prepared, rehearsed |
| Main Entry: | unofficial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unauthorized |
| Synonyms: | informal, off the record, personal, private, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, unsanctioned |
| Antonyms: | authoritative, authorized, confirmed, official |
| Main Entry: | down to earth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical |
| Synonyms: | commonsensical, earthy, folksy, informal, levelheaded, matter-of-fact, natural, plainspoken, pragmatic, real, realistic, reasonable, rustic, sensible, simple, sober-minded, unassuming, unpretentious |
| Antonyms: | dreamy, fanciful, idealistic |
| Main Entry: | free and easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relaxed |
| Synonyms: | boon, carefree, casual, convivial, easygoing, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, free as a bird, free as the wind, informal, loose, natural, nonformal, unforced, unstudied |
| Antonyms: | formal |
| Main Entry: | confabulatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | casual conversational, chatty, gabby, informal, loquacious, relaxed, talky, vocal |
| Main Entry: | conversational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | blabby, casual, chatty, colloquial, familiar, gabby, garrulous, gossipy, informal, intimate, long-winded, loquacious, relaxed, talky, verbose, vocal, voluble |
| Main Entry: | off-the-cuff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extemporaneous |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, ad-lib, automatic, autoschediastic, by ear, casual, expedient, extemporary, extempore, fake*, free, immediate, impromptu, improv, improvisatory, improvised, improviso, informal, jamming, made-up, makeshift, offhand, on impulse, on-the-spot, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, toss off, toss out, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied, winging it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relaxed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing |
| Synonyms: | amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care, easy, even-tempered, flexible, free and easy, hang-loose, happy-go-lucky, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, low-pressure, mild, moderate, natural, nonchalant, offhand, outgiving, patient, placid, poised, self-possessed, serene, spontaneous, tolerant, tranquil, unceremonious, unconcerned, uncritical, undemanding, unhurried, uninhibited, unrestrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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