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improvisatory
adjective as in extemporaneous
Weak matches
adjective as in extemporaneous/extemporary
Weak matches
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- at first glance
- automatic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extempore
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- off the cuff
- off the top of head
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- taking for ride
- thought out loud
- tossed off
- tossed out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unstudied
- winging it
adjective as in off-the-cuff
Weak matches
adjective as in spur-of-the-moment
Example Sentences
That seesawing piano riff on the soundtrack could be rain droplets or an improvisatory theme for a couple lolling around an open-air market trying on sunglasses.
Throughout the album, her delivery feels questing and improvisatory.
The artist, now 89, draws from the improvisatory impulses of jazz, the power of Abstract Expressionism, the eclectic excessiveness of assemblage and the academic classicism of Renaissance painting.
Throughout the album, the Smile’s music feels molten and improvisatory, though it’s clearly premeditated.
The show introduced a less anguished Munch, whose improvisatory stain painting and fresh unexpected colors were ahead of their time.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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