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on-the-spot
adjective as in behind the eight ball
adjective as in defenseless
adjective as in exposed
Strong matches
adjective as in extemporaneous
Weak matches
adjective as in extemporary
Weak matches
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- at first glance
- automatic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extempore
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- off the cuff
- off the top of head
- offhand
- on impulse
- 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 instant
adjective as in off-the-cuff
Weak matches
- 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
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
adjective as in on call
adjective as in pregnable
adjective as in present
adjective as in risky
Strongest matches
adjective as in snappy
adjective as in spur-of-the-moment
adjective as in vincible
adjective as in vulnerable
adverb as in here
adverb as in immediately
Strong match
Weak matches
- anon
- at short notice
- away
- double-time
- hereupon
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in a New York minute
- in nothing flat
- instantaneously
- instanter
- like now
- now or never
- on the dot
- on the double
- on the spot
- PDQ
- pronto
- right now
- soon afterward
- straight away
- straight off
- summarily
- thereupon
- this instant
- this minute
- tout de suite
- unhesitatingly
- without delay
- without hesitation
adverb as in out on a limb
adverb as in summarily
noun as in jeopardy
Strongest match
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Captivated by the clothes, Will.i.am requested an on-the-spot meeting with the designer.
Speed is not their strongest suit, but they prescribe on-the-spot.
It is true that practical co-operation and on-the-spot recognition of Indian rights had developed in Virginia in the early years.
"Allus glad to be Johnny-on-the-spot," smiled the older man.
The only way to get history straight, declared the philosophical Burd, is to be Johnny-on-the-spot and see things happen.
He didn't have a great deal on, I remember, but he was certainly Johnny-on-the-spot that morning!
And the Shah of Persia, that ought to have been Muley-on-the-spot for at least three, he's got the palanquin habit.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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