improvising

verbmake up

Synonyms for improvising

verb make up

Antonyms for improvising

Word Origin & History

1826, back-formation from improvisation, or else from French improviser (17c.), from Italian improvisare "to sing or speak extempore," from improviso, from Latin improvisus "unforeseen, unexpected" (see improvisation). Or possibly a back-formation from improvisation. Related: Improvised; improvising.

Example Sentences for improvising

With cool blood and a tranquil mind there is no improvising and poetizing.

It was, however, when he was improvising that his power was most astonishing.

Improvising, playing by ear, trying to manufacture lies that rang of the truth.

A tall knob of a man, he sang in a deep bass, improvising expertly.

It was like the sketch of a lovesong that he was improvising for her.

As I rose to leave the table, he asked me if I had succeeded in improvising a habit.

Who can deny you the gift of imagining or improvising vanities?

Mozart carefully separated his time for writing and his time for improvising.

The dear mater is improvising an epithalamium, said Arthur, with a laugh.

She was improvising a curtain of some kind, and as he came in she was standing off to study the effect.