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Synonyms for ad-lib in English

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ad-lib:
- impromptu; unrehearsed; offhand; extempore; extemporaneous; offhanded; off-the-cuff; extemporary; ad-lib; unwritten; spontaneous
- ad-lib
- improvise; extemporize; improvize; ad-lib; extemporise

English

Detailed Synonyms for ad-lib in English

ad-lib:

ad-lib adj

ad-lib

– with little or no preparation or forethought ¹
impromptu; unrehearsed; offhand; extempore; extemporaneous; offhanded; off-the-cuff; extemporary; ad-lib
– with little or no preparation or forethought ¹
- impromptu adj
  - an impromptu speech¹
- unrehearsed adj
  - a few unrehearsed comments¹
- offhand adj
  - offhand excuses¹
- extempore adj
  - an extempore skit¹
- extemporaneous adj
  - an extemporaneous piano recital¹
- offhanded adj
  - trying to sound offhanded and reassuring¹
- off-the-cuff adj
  - an off-the-cuff toast¹
- extemporary adj
  - an extemporary lecture¹
- ad-lib adj
  - his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment¹
ad-lib

– said or done without having been planned or written in advance ¹
unwritten; spontaneous; ad-lib
– said or done without having been planned or written in advance ¹
- unwritten adj
- spontaneous adj
- ad-lib adj
  - he made a few ad-lib remarks¹

ad-lib [the ~] noun

the ad-lib

– remark made spontaneously without prior preparation ¹
the ad-lib
– remark made spontaneously without prior preparation ¹
- ad-lib [the ~] noun
  - his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians¹

ad-lib verb

ad-lib

– perform without preparation ¹
to improvise; to extemporize; improvize; ad-lib; extemporise
– perform without preparation ¹
- improvise verb, British (improvises, improvised, improvising)
- extemporize verb, American (extemporizes, extemporized, extemporizing)
  - he extemporized a speech at the wedding¹
- improvize verb, American
- ad-lib verb
- extemporise verb, British

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Related Definitions for "ad-lib":

with little or no preparation or forethought¹
- his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment¹
said or done without having been planned or written in advance¹
- he made a few ad-lib remarks¹
remark made spontaneously without prior preparation¹
- his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians¹
perform without preparation¹

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