| Main Entry: | impromptu |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | unrehearsed, improvised |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, dashed off, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, fake, faked, improv, improviso, off the cuff, offhand, played by ear, shot from the hip, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, thrown off, tossed off, unpremeditated, unprepared, unscripted, unstudied, vamped, whipped up, winged* |
| Notes: | extemporaneous means 'prepared in advance and carried out with few or no notes' while impromptu means 'totally unprepared, performed on the spur of the moment' - but this distinction has been all but lost impromptu conveys unrehearsed remarks or performance with an element of surprise, while extempore only suggests that this is done without notes or props |
Antonyms: |
deliberate, designed, planned, premeditated, rehearsed |
| Main Entry: | improvise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, brainstorm, coin, concoct, contrive, dash off, devise, do off top of head, do offhand, dream up, extemporize, fake, fake it, improv, improvisate, invent, jam*, knock off, make do, slapdash, spark, speak off the cuff, throw together, wing it |
Antonyms: |
design, devise, plan, premeditate |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, build |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up, dash off, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, get ready, give rise to, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off, lead to, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, tear off, throw together, whip, whip out |
Antonyms: |
crush, destroy, raze, ruin |
| Main Entry: | type |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit keys on machine to print document |
Synonyms: |
copy, dash off, enter data, hunt-and-peck, teletype, touch, touch-type, transcribe, typewrite, write |
| Main Entry: | write |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put language down on paper |
Synonyms: |
address, author, autograph, bang out, chalk, commit, communicate, comp, compose, copy, correspond, create, dash off, draft, draw up, drop a line, drop a note, engross, formulate, ghost, indite, ink, inscribe, jot down, knock off, knock out, letter, note, note down, pen, pencil, print, push a pencil, put in writing, record, reproduce, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, scribe, scriven, set down, set forth, sign, take down, tell, transcribe, turn out, typewrite, write down, write up |
Antonyms: |
read |