Synonyms for play it by ear
verb take a situation as it comes- improvise
- make it up as one goes along
- think on one's feet
devised
verb. conceive, dream up
- ad-lib
- arrange
- blueprint
- brainstorm
- cast
- chart
- cogitate
- come up with
- concoct
- construct
- contrive
- cook up
- craft
- create
- design
- discover
- dope out
- fake it
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- get off
- hatch
- head trip
- imagine
- improvise
- intrigue
- invent
- machinate
- make up
- mastermind
- plan
- play it by ear
- plot
- prepare
- project
- scheme
- shape
- spark
- think up
- throw together
- trump up
- vamp
- whip up
- work out
devising
verb. conceive, dream up
- ad-lib
- arrange
- blueprint
- brainstorm
- cast
- chart
- cogitate
- come up with
- concoct
- construct
- contrive
- cook up
- craft
- create
- design
- discover
- dope out
- fake it
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- get off
- hatch
- head trip
- imagine
- improvise
- intrigue
- invent
- machinate
- make up
- mastermind
- plan
- play it by ear
- plot
- prepare
- project
- scheme
- shape
- spark
- think up
- throw together
- trump up
- vamp
- whip up
- work out
wing it
verb. improvise
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