'ad lib' definitions:
Definition of 'ad lib'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Synonyms of 'ad lib'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a beneplacito,
- a discretion,
- ad arbitrium,
- ad libitum,
- ad-libbing,
- al piacere,
- arrangement,
- at choice,
- at pleasure,
- at short notice,
- at sight,
- at will,
- be caught napping,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- by ear,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- disqualification,
- do offhand,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporaneously,
- extemporaneousness,
- extemporarily,
- extemporariness,
- extemporary,
- extempore,
- extemporization,
- extemporize,
- extemporized,
- fake,
- go off half-cocked,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- have no plan,
- impromptu,
- improvisate,
- improvisation,
- improvisatorial,
- improvise,
- improvised,
- improvision,
- improviso,
- incapability,
- incompetence,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged,
- knock off,
- lack of preparation,
- lash up,
- make up,
- makeshift,
- measure,
- nonpreparation,
- nonpreparedness,
- off the cuff,
- off the hip,
- off-the-cuff,
- offhand,
- on sight,
- out of hand,
- planlessness,
- play by ear,
- playing by ear,
- precipitate,
- pro tempore,
- rough-and-ready,
- scrap the plan,
- snap,
- stopgap,
- strike off,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- temporary arrangement,
- temporary measure,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unfitness,
- unfittedness,
- unforced,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unpreparedness,
- unprimed,
- unqualification,
- unqualifiedness,
- unreadiness,
- unready,
- unrehearsed,
- unstudied,
- unsuitability,
- unsuitableness,
- unsuitedness,
- vamp,
- vulnerability,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it,
- without coercion