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on-the-spot
adjective as in behind the eight ball
adjective as in defenseless
adjective as in exposed
Strong matches
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
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- off the cuff
- off the top of head
- offhand
- on impulse
- 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 instant
adjective as in off-the-cuff
Weak matches
- 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
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
adjective as in on call
adjective as in pregnable
adjective as in present
adjective as in risky
Strongest matches
adjective as in snappy
adjective as in spur-of-the-moment
adjective as in vincible
adjective as in vulnerable
adverb as in here
Weak matches
adverb as in immediately
Strong match
Weak matches
- PDQ
- anon
- at short notice
- away
- double-time
- hereupon
- in a New York minute
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in nothing flat
- instantaneously
- instanter
- like now
- now or never
- on the dot
- on the double
- on the spot
- pronto
- right now
- soon afterward
- straight away
- straight off
- summarily
- thereupon
- this instant
- this minute
- tout de suite
- unhesitatingly
- without delay
- without hesitation
adverb as in out on a limb
adverb as in summarily
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in jeopardy
Example Sentences
As we were with Mr Hong, whose boat capsized earlier this year, a team of government inspectors arrived to carry out a series of on-the-spot checks on two of his other vessels.
So, in terms of stress, watching baby animals animals playing is the opposite of a surprise job interview or an on-the-spot subtraction task.
Those caught doing so will get a £200 on-the-spot fine in the first instance, rising to an unlimited fine and/or a prison sentence of up to two years for repeat offences.
The district — where nearly all students come from low-income families — also brings in corps of tutors who walk the class and offer on-the-spot help.
This would mean on-the-spot fines of £200 for retailers selling unregulated products or to people aged under 18.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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