improvize
Verb: 1. To create or perform (something) spontaneously, without preparation or a script: This is the core meaning. It refers to the act of making, composing, or executing something on the spot, often in response to the immediate situation or environment. It is commonly used in the context of music, theater, comedy, or speech.
The verb "improvize" (also commonly spelled "improvise") is used to describe an unplanned, spontaneous act of creation or problem-solving. It emphasizes the lack of prior planning and the use of available resources or ideas in the moment. * It is often used in the arts (e.g., improvize a solo, improvize a scene). * It can be used in everyday situations to describe making do with what is available (e.g., improvize a meal, improvize a tool).
- The jazz musician began to improvize a beautiful melody over the chord progression.
- When the speaker's notes were lost, she had to improvize her entire presentation.
- We forgot the tent poles, so we had to improvize a shelter using branches and rope.
- The comedian asked for a suggestion from the audience and then improvized a hilarious five-minute routine.
- "To improvize on a theme": To create variations or new material based on an existing idea or structure.
- The pianist was asked to improvize on the theme of the famous sonata.
- Concept of "Improvisation" (noun): The art or act of improvizing.
- The success of the performance relied heavily on the actors' skill in improvisation.
- Improvise: The more common and standard spelling of the same verb.
- Improvisation (n): The act, art, or result of improvizing.
- His speech was a brilliant improvisation.
- Improvisational (adj): Characterized by or involving improvisation.
- The group has an improvisational style of comedy.
- Improviser (n): A person who improvizes.
- She is a talented musical improviser.
- Extemporize: To speak or perform without preparation (very close synonym, often used for speech).
- Ad-lib: To speak or act without preparation, especially by inserting unscripted lines.
- Wing it (informal): To do something without planning or preparation.
- Make it up as one goes along: To invent or decide on a course of action spontaneously.
- Improvize something from/with/out of something: To create something using whatever materials are available.
- She improvized a costume from an old bedsheet.
- We had to improvize with the few tools we had.
- Play it by ear: To decide how to deal with a situation as it develops, rather than by having a fixed plan. (This idiom is closely related in concept to improvizing.)
- We don't have a schedule for the day; let's just play it by ear.
- perform without preparation
- he extemporized a speech at the wedding