improvise
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
Example
“He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.”
Synonyms
- play by ear
- wing it
Related words
- improvisable
- improvision
- improvisor
- improvisation
- improvisational
- improvisatory
Word history
From Latin "improvisus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “improvise” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.