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improv
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
- 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
adjective as in impromptu
adjective as in informal
adjective as in off the cuff
adjective as in off-the-cuff
Weak matches
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- 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
adjective as in spur-of-the-moment
Weak matches
adverb as in off the cuff
verb as in improvise
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in make up
verb as in wing it
Example Sentences
“That was the only time you said that,” Barantini tells the singer, “and I remember saying to you afterwards, ‘That was really good — I like the improv.’”
Typically thought of as a core tenet of improv comedy, author Kendra Adachi recommended it as a hosting posture in a recent episode of her podcast and it’s astonishing how well this works on a holiday built on both chaos and choreography.
Like, you know, we hired more sketch writers for the hospital, but Safe Space was more improv than even “The Hospital.”
This was the first time she got behind the mic of such a storied stage like the Hollywood Improv.
Enter the Mermaid Comedy Hour, a monthly show at the Hollywood Improv that books only women and nonbinary comics.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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