| Main Entry: | devise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive, dream up |
Synonyms: |
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 |
Antonyms: |
borrow |
| Main Entry: | extemporize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improvise |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, dash out, devise, do offhand, improvisate, invent, knock off, make up, play by ear, toss off |
Antonyms: |
plan, prepare, read, rehearse |
| Main Entry: | make up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, blend, coin, combine, compose, compound, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up, devise, dream up, fabricate, fabulize, fake it, fashion, fictionalize, fix, formulate, frame, fuse, hatch, improv, improvise, invent, join, knock off, make, meld, merge, mingle, mix, originate, play by ear, prepare, pretend, put together, ready, storify, trump up, whip up, wing it, write |
Antonyms: |
be real, tell truth |
| Main Entry: | wing it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improvise |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, concoct, devise, do off the top of your head, do offhand, fake it, improv, invent, make do, make up, play it by ear, speak off the cuff, throw together |
| Main Entry: | play it by ear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a situation as it comes |
Synonyms: |
improvise, make it up as one goes along, think on one's feet |