A musician friend of mine gave an impromptu performance of a piece he had just finished composing.
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Impromptu
//ɪmˈpɹɑmpt(j)u//
Synonyms for "impromptu" (110 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (55)
Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αὐτοσχέδιος adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Armenian
1 entries- հանպատրաստից adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Bulgarian
2 entries- импровизиран adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- импровизация noun (any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation)
Dutch
1 entries- impromptu noun (short composition)
Finnish
3 entries- improvisoitu adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- impromptu noun (short composition)
- improvisaatio noun (short composition)
French
2 entries- impromptu adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- impromptu noun (any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation)
Georgian
2 entries- იმპროვიზებული adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- მოუმზადებელი adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
German
2 entries- improvisiert adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- Impromptu noun (short composition)
Greek
3 entries- αυτοσχέδιος adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- πρόχειρος adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- αυτοσχεδιασμός noun (short composition)
Indonesian
1 entries- impromptu adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Italian
2 entries- improvvisata adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- improvvisato adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Māori
3 entries- hanga noa adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- tene adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- tito adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Persian
1 entries- فیالبداهه adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Polish
2 entries- improwizowany adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- spontaniczny adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Portuguese
2 entries- improvisado adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- improviso noun (short composition)
Russian
4 entries- импровизи́рованный adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- непроду́манный adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- произво́льный adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- случа́йный adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Spanish
3 entries- impromptu adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- impromptu noun (short composition)
- impromptu noun (any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation)
Swedish
1 entries- improviserad adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
Turkish
4 entries- doğaçlama adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- doğaçsı adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- hazırlıksız adj (improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal)
- doğaç noun (short composition)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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I called a few friends and we had an impromptu party.
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Before the building of school grounds, an area near my home on Lulu Island was mounds of dirt. There was an impromptu bike track. Wild red poppies grew. I would fantasize that amongst the mounds were Star Wars' Jawas.
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