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improv

im·prov
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [im-prov]
    • /ˈɪm prɒv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [im-prov]
    • /ˈɪm prɒv/

Definitions of improv word

  • abbreviation IMPROV improvisation. 1
  • noun improv Improvisation, especially as a theatrical technique. 1
  • uncountable noun improv Improv is acting or singing in which someone invents the words or music as they speak. Improv is an abbreviation for 'improvisation'. 0
  • noun improv improvised performance, esp by a comedian 0
  • noun improv improvisation; specif., a skit or act in which the actors improvise a situation 0
  • noun improv the art or technique of doing such improvisations 0
See all 8 definitions of improv

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Parts of speech for Improv

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
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Full grammatical hierarchy of Improv

improv popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for improv

adj improv

  • ad hoc — An ad hoc activity or organization is done or formed only because a situation has made it necessary and is not planned in advance.
  • automatic — An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.
  • casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
  • free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • immediate — occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.

verb improv

  • concoct — If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
  • devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
  • contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
  • invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
  • dream up — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.

adv improv

  • off the top of one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

adjective improv

  • expedient — (of an action) Convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral.
  • extempore — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
  • extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.

adverb improv

  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
All 136 Synonyms of improv

Antonyms for improv

adj improv

  • planned — arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.
  • prepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
  • read — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
  • written — a past participle of write.
  • deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.

verb improv

  • devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
  • premeditate — to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand: to premeditate a murder.
  • design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
  • plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.

noun improv

All 19 Antonyms of improv

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