improvise

Verb

Meaning

To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.

To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation.

To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.

To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

extemporize play by ear wing it create devise fabricate concoct put together make do ad lib extemporise improvize ramble form play
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Antonyms

provide design put allow project plan
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Hypernyms

deal perform manage execute cope contend

Derivatives

improvised improvising

Examples

Life is a lot like jazz - it's best when you improvise. George Gershwin

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. Charles Darwin

More of me comes out when I improvise. Edward Hopper

Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise. Ingmar Bergman

To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well. Isaac Asimov

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. Sylvia Plath

Close letter words and terms

improvisatory improvisatrice improvisatrix improvised improvised actions improvised explosive device