Improvise

/ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/

Synonyms for "improvise" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Verb(2 words)
ad libad-libbe caught nappingbe surprisedbe taken unawaresbe unpreparedbegetbreedbring forthbring into beingcall into beingcoinconceiveconcoctcontrivecook updash offdesigndevelopdevise
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Adjective(1 words)
chaotic service

Strong matches (44)

Related words (73)

jury rigjury riggedjury-rigknockknock offlash upmake domake do withmake upmakeshiftmaturemintoffhandoriginatepatchplanplayplay by earprocreatescrap the plan
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spawnstopgapstrikestrike offstrike outthinkthink outthink upthrow offthrow togethertoss offtoss outvampwhip upwhomp upwing it
Adjective(2 words)
nonplanning contentwinged

Related word relations

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More general

15 entries
actioncontendcopecreative actcreative activitydealdoexecuteget bygrapplemake domake outmanagemusical activityperform

More specific

8 entries
accompaniment improvisationdialogue improvisationharmony improvisationmelodic improvisationmelody improvisationrhythm improvisationrhythmic improvisationspeech improvisation

Collocations

5 entries
improvisation exerciseimprovisation sessionimprovisation skillsimprovisation techniquesimprovisational music

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

To survive in a hostile environment, one must be able to improvise and be tenacious.

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I'll just have to improvise.

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Let's improvise.

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Tom was forced to improvise.

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