IMPROVISE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

improvise

verb

ˈim-prə-ˌvīz

Definition of improvise

as in to devise

to perform, make, or do without preparation since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech

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Recent Examples of improvise What made jazz so distinct was the freedom embedded into its structure, with musicians improvising, trading solos and bending notes together. — Abraham Swee, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Advertisement For many Venezuelans, the first days of rescue efforts have depended as much on neighbors improvising as on aid arriving from outside. — Philip Wang, Time, 29 June 2026 Quake damage has compromised 38 hospitals nationwide, forcing medics to improvise trauma care as international rescue teams still pull survivors from rubble, including a toddler found alive after six days. — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 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 See All Example Sentences for improvise

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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 devise

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Brazil’s team, meanwhile, decamped to Orlando, Florida, where Laitano affixed players with sweat-collection patches and analyzed their fluid and electrolyte loss during workouts to concoct a hydration regimen for each person.

— Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
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

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The future, instead, seems to belong to the teams and coaches who are willing to be a little more flexible and see their role as providing a platform on which their players might extemporize.

— Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
Friends said he was talented and could extemporize about anything.

— Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2023

Definition of extemporize

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