All ad-lib synonyms
ad-lib
A a verb ad-lib
adj ad-lib
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- impromptu — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- improvised — made or said without previous preparation: an improvised skit.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- unprepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
- unrehearsed — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
- off-the-cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- at will — If you can do something at will, you can do it when you want and as much as you want.
- ad libitum — (to be performed) at the performer's discretion
- made-up — concocted; falsely fabricated or invented: a made-up story.
adv ad-lib
- off the cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- 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.