EXTEMPORIZED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

extemporized

verb

past tense of extemporize

as in improvised

to perform, make, or do without preparation a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned

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To stay dry, the two improvised, finding child-size rain coats when the adult ones were sold out at a Target store.

— Jason Rantala, CBS News, 28 June 2026
On the red carpet, Minetree teased working with Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in season two, claiming the pair probably improvised the most together.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 27 June 2026

Definition of improvised

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In 2011, Aguirre devised a technique to motivate his Real Zaragoza players ahead of a league match against Real Madrid.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Scientists at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have devised a technique to turn still-wet coffee grounds into high-grade biofuel in as little as 90 seconds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 July 2026

Definition of devised

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In 1949, a Nebraska plumbing contractor named Steve Henson was working in Anchorage, Alaska and concocted a salad dressing out of buttermilk, mayonnaise, and herbs to help feed his crew on remote job sites.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 27 June 2026
In the one that opens the film, Forky (Tony Hale), the googly-eyed spork, marries a plastic knife called Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), a name so perfectly unmelodious that only a kid, or an adult exceptionally good at thinking like one, could have concocted it.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Definition of concocted

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