Thesaurus / ad lib
FEEDBACK- as inimpromptu
- as inimprovised
- as inimpulsive
- as inoff the cuff
- as inspontaneous
- as inunprepared
- as inunrehearsed
- as inextemporaneous
- as inrough-and-ready
- as inoff-the-cuff
- as inspur-of-the-moment
- as inad-lib
- as inextemporaneous/extemporary
- as inad libitum
- as inoff the cuff
- as inspontaneously
- as inad-lib
- as inextemporization
- as inimprovise
- as ininvent
- as inmake up
- as inwing it
- as inad-lib
- as inconcoct
- as indevise
- as inextemporize
synonyms for ad lib
synonyms for ad lib
- impromptu
- makeshift
- spontaneous
- ad-lib
- extemporized
- autoschediastic
- Band-Aid
- extemporaneous
- extempore
- fly-by-night
- hit-or-miss
- improviso
- offhand
- spur-of-the-moment
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- abrupt
- hasty
- impetuous
- instinctive
- offhand
- passionate
- spontaneous
- violent
- ad-lib
- automatic
- careless
- devil-may-care
- emotional
- extemporaneous
- flaky
- gone off deep end
- headlong
- hot-and-cold
- intuitive
- involuntary
- jumping the gun
- mad
- precipitate
- quick
- rash
- sudden
- swift
- unconsidered
- unexpected
- unmeditated
- unpredictable
- unpremeditated
- unprompted
- up-and-down
- winging it
- ad-lib
- extemporaneous
- improv
- improvised
- improviso
- offhand
- played by ear
- shot from the hip
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unscripted
- whipped up
- winged
- casual
- impromptu
- instinctive
- offhand
- simple
- unplanned
- voluntary
- ad-lib
- automatic
- break loose
- down
- extemporaneous
- extempore
- free
- free-spirited
- from the hip
- impetuous
- improvised
- inevitable
- involuntary
- irresistible
- natural
- off-the-cuff
- off top of head
- unartful
- unavoidable
- unbidden
- uncompelled
- unconscious
- unconstrained
- uncontrived
- uncontrolled
- unforced
- unintentional
- unpremediated
- unprompted
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- up front
- unaware
- vulnerable
- ad-lib
- caught off guard
- ill-considered
- impromptu
- improvised
- napping
- not prepared
- offhand
- off the cuff
- off the top of one's head
- played by ear
- spontaneous
- surprised
- taken off guard
- unexpected
- unplanned
- unready
- unrehearsed
- unschooled
- unskilled
- untrained
- winged
- ad-lib
- extemporaneous
- from the hip
- impromptu
- improvised
- impulsive
- not rehearsed
- off the cuff
- off the top of one's head
- spur of the moment
- unpracticed
- unprepared
- 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
- ad-lib
- basic
- crude
- extemporaneous
- improvised
- jerry-built
- makeshift
- primitive
- provisional
- thrown-together
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- wild-and-woolly
- 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
- 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
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
- extemporize
- extemporized
- impromptu
- improvise
- improvised
- according to pleasure
- ad libitum
- as one thinks best
- as one wishes
- at will
- extemporaneous
- extempore
- made-up
- off-the-cuff
- spontaneous
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- without restraint
- ad hoc
- at first glance
- automatic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extempore
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- offhand
- off the cuff
- off the top of head
- 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
- according to pleasure
- ad-lib
- as one thinks best
- as one wishes
- at will
- extemporaneous
- freely
- impromptu
- improvised
- impulsive
- made-up
- offhand
- off-the-cuff
- spontaneously
- unrehearsed
- without restraint
- ad-lib
- by ear
- extemporaneously
- impromptu
- improv
- improvised
- makeshift
- offhand
- off the hip
- off the top of one's head
- unrehearsed
- impromptu
- extemporaneously
- extempore
- off the cuff
- off the top of one's head
- spontaneously
- without preparation
- without rehearsal
- ad-lib
- brainstorm
- concoct
- contrive
- devise
- dream up
- invent
- throw together
- coin
- extemporize
- fake
- jam
- spark
- dash off
- do offhand
- do off top of head
- fake it
- improv
- improvisate
- made do
- speak off the cuff
- wing it
- bear
- come up with
- conceive
- design
- devise
- discover
- dream up
- envision
- fashion
- find
- forge
- formulate
- initiate
- originate
- produce
- ad-lib
- author
- coin
- compose
- contrive
- execute
- fake
- form
- frame
- hatch
- imagine
- improve
- improvise
- inaugurate
- jam
- make
- mint
- plan
- project
- wing
- bring into being
- come upon
- cook up
- knock off
- make up
- off-the-cuff
- toss off
- turn out
- ad-lib
- blend
- coin
- combine
- compose
- compound
- concoct
- construct
- contrive
- cook up
- devise
- dream up
- fabricate
- fabulize
- fake it
- fashion
- fictionalize
- fix
- formulate
- frame
- fuse
- hatch
- improv
- improvise
- invent
- join
- knock off
- make
- meld
- merge
- mingle
- mix
- originate
- play by ear
- prepare
- pretend
- put together
- ready
- storify
- trump up
- whip up
- wing it
- write
- ad-lib
- concoct
- devise
- do offhand
- do off the top of your head
- fake it
- improv
- invent
- make do
- make up
- play it by ear
- speak off the cuff
- throw together
- contrive
- create
- devise
- discover
- dream up
- envision
- fabricate
- hatch
- invent
- batch
- brew
- compound
- design
- envisage
- frame
- mature
- originate
- plan
- plot
- prepare
- project
- scheme
- vamp
- cook up
- make up
- prefab
- slap together
- throw together
- arrange
- come up with
- concoct
- construct
- craft
- create
- design
- discover
- forge
- formulate
- hatch
- invent
- mastermind
- prepare
- work out
- ad-lib
- blueprint
- brainstorm
- cast
- chart
- cogitate
- contrive
- form
- frame
- imagine
- improvise
- intrigue
- machinate
- plan
- plot
- project
- scheme
- shape
- spark
- vamp
- cook up
- dope out
- fake it
- get off
- head trip
- make up
- play it by ear
- think up
- throw together
- trump up
- whip up
antonyms for ad lib
MOST RELEVANT
- destroy
- end
- finish
- lose
- miss
- pass by
- result
- terminate
- fail
- forget
- hurt
- ignore
- neglect
- raze
- ruin
- stop
- steal
- tell the truth
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How to use ad lib in a sentence
"I supposed you 'adn't, as 'e ain't 'ere, with yer ma," replied the young person.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONPostrem quid nobis effectum hactenus, seu potis quid attentatum sit ad diuinam gloriam.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSCert ante hoc tempus vix vnquam Gallis vacatum fuit conuertdis incolarum ad Christum animis.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSI don't blame him for killin' the cuss, not a bit; I'd have shot any man livin' that 'ad taken a good horse o' mine up that trail.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONIn hoc Isthmo portus regalis est, vbi nunc degimus, ad gradum latitudinis quadragesimum quartum cum besse.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSExtrem nihilominus vnctionem, ad qu paratus erat, non denegaui.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSId suademus, vt infantes ad nos lustrandi afferantur, quod etiam Dei beneficio iam cœpit fieri.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSParuerunt illi, atq ad nos depositum triduo pst, hoc est semianim detulerunt.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSSaid he 'ad reason t' believe you was some'ers between Lost River an' the Stone, an' you was t' be captured without fail.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRPater Biardus adiit ad afflictum puelli parentem, rogauitque an ipso volente moribundum infantem Baptismo esset lustraturus.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO AD LIB
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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