'Improvise' definitions:
Definition of 'improvise'
(from WordNet)
verb
Perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" [syn: improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise]
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]
Definition of 'Improvise'
From: GCIDE
- Improvise \Im`pro*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improvised; p. pr. & vb. n. Improvising.] [F. improviser, it. improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore, L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided. See Proviso.]
- 1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring about, arrange, do, or make, immediately or on short notice, without previous preparation and with no known precedent as a guide. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Charles attempted to improvise a peace. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Improvise'
From: GCIDE
- Improvise \Im`pro*vise"\, v. i. To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'improvise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ad lib,
- ad-lib,
- be caught napping,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- beget,
- breed,
- bring forth,
- bring into being,
- call into being,
- coin,
- conceive,
- concoct,
- contrive,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- design,
- develop,
- devise,
- discover,
- do offhand,
- dream up,
- engender,
- evolve,
- extemporize,
- fabricate,
- fake,
- frame,
- generate,
- give being to,
- give rise to,
- go off half-cocked,
- hatch,
- have no plan,
- improvisate,
- invent,
- jury-rig,
- knock off,
- lash up,
- make do,
- make do with,
- make up,
- mature,
- mint,
- originate,
- plan,
- play by ear,
- procreate,
- scrap the plan,
- spawn,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- think out,
- think up,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- vamp,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it