'Extemporize' definitions:
Definition of 'extemporize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" [syn: improvise, extemporize]
verb
Perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" [syn: improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise]
Definition of 'Extemporize'
From: GCIDE
- Extemporize \Ex*tem"po*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extemporized; p. pr. & vb. n. Extemporizing.] To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Extemporize'
From: GCIDE
- Extemporize \Ex*tem"po*rize\, v. t. To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). [1913 Webster]
- Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech --Lord Campbell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'extemporize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ad-lib,
- be caught napping,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- do offhand,
- fake,
- go off half-cocked,
- have no plan,
- improvisate,
- improvise,
- jury-rig,
- knock off,
- lash up,
- make up,
- play by ear,
- scrap the plan,
- strike off,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- vamp,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it