Ad-lib

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.) 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to act, speak, etc., without preparation 3 Adjective 3.1 impromptu; extemporaneous 4 Antonyms 4.1 adjective 4.2 adverb 4.3 verb 5 Synonyms 5.1 adjective 5.2 adverb 5.3 verb 5.4 noun

Verb (used with object)

to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.)

to ad-lib one's lines.

Verb (used without object)

to act, speak, etc., without preparation

Throughout the play he had to ad-lib constantly.

Adjective

impromptu; extemporaneous

ad-lib remarks to hecklers.

Antonyms

adjective

deliberate , planned , prepared , rehearsed , written

adverb

deliberately , planned , prepared , rehearsed , written

verb

plan , prepare , rehearse , write

Synonyms

adjective

according to pleasure , ad libitum , as one thinks best , as one wishes , at will , extemporaneous , extempore , extemporize , extemporized , impromptu , improvise , improvised , made-up , off-the-cuff , spontaneous , unprepared , unrehearsed , without restraint , extemporary , offhand , snap , spur-of-the-moment

adverb

extemporaneously , extempore , impromptu , off the cuff * , off the top of one’s head , spontaneously , without preparation , without rehearsal

verb

extemporize , invent , make up , speak extemporaneously , speak impromptu , speak off the cuff , fake

noun

extemporization , impromptu