Synonyms for off-the-cuff
- 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
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ad-lib
adjective. at one's pleasure
informal
adjective. casual, simple
- breezy
- colloquial
- congenial
- cool
- democratic
- down home
- easy
- easygoing
- everyday
- extempore
- familiar
- folksy
- frank
- free
- free-and-easy
- homey
- improv
- inconspicuous
- intimate
- laid back
- loose
- low-pressure
- mellow
- mixed
- motley
- natural
- off-the-cuff
- open
- ordinary
- relaxed
- spontaneous
- sporty
- straightforward
- throwaway
- unceremonious
- unconstrained
- unconventional
- unfussy
- unofficial
- unrestrained
- urbane
- without ceremony
invent
verb. create, think up
- ad-lib
- author
- bear
- bring into being
- coin
- come up with
- come upon
- compose
- conceive
- contrive
- cook up
- design
- devise
- discover
- dream up
- envision
- execute
- fake
- fashion
- find
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- hatch
- imagine
- improve
- improvise
- inaugurate
- initiate
- jam
- knock off
- make
- make up
- mint
- off-the-cuff
- originate
- plan
- produce
- project
- toss off
- turn out
- wing
quick-and-dirty
adjective. done faster and easier but slipshod
spontaneous
adjective. impulsive, willing
- ad-lib
- automatic
- break loose
- casual
- down
- extemporaneous
- extempore
- free
- free spirited
- from the hip
- impetuous
- impromptu
- improvised
- inevitable
- instinctive
- involuntary
- irresistible
- natural
- off top of head
- off-the-cuff
- offhand
- simple
- unartful
- unavoidable
- unbidden
- uncompelled
- unconscious
- unconstrained
- uncontrived
- uncontrolled
- unforced
- unintentional
- unplanned
- unpremediated
- unprompted
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- up front
- voluntary
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