extemporize

ex·tem·po·rize

verb \ik-ˈstem-pə-ˌrīz\

ex·tem·po·rizedex·tem·po·riz·ing

Definition of EXTEMPORIZE

intransitive verb

1

: to do something extemporaneously : improvise; especially : to speak extemporaneously

2

: to get along in a makeshift manner

transitive verb

: to compose, perform, or utter extemporaneously : improvise <extemporized an after-dinner speech>

— ex·tem·po·riz·er noun

Examples of EXTEMPORIZE

1. <a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned>

First Known Use of EXTEMPORIZE

1592

Related to EXTEMPORIZE

Synonyms

ad-lib, clap (together or up), improvise, fake

Related Words

concoct, contrive, cook (up), devise, fabricate, hatch, invent, make up, manufacture, think (up); cobble (together or up), dash (off)

Near Antonyms

arrange, lay, prepare, ready; consider, contemplate, ponder, study; exercise, practice (also practise), rehearse

Rhymes with EXTEMPORIZE

accessorize, acclimatize, actualize, aerobicize, aestheticize, Africanize, allegorize, alphabetize, analogize, anatomize, anesthetize, animalize, annualize, antagonize, anthologize, anticlockwise, apologize, apostatize, apostrophize, arabicize, aromatize, automatize, bureaucratize, cannibalize, capitalize, categorize, catheterize, catholicize, characterize, collectivize, commercialize, commoditize, communalize, computerize, conservatize, containerize, contrariwise, conveyorize, cosmeticize, counterclockwise, criminalize, cross-fertilize, cut down to size, decentralize, decolonize, de-emphasize, de-energize, defeminize, deformalize, deglamorize, dehumanize, deionize, demagnetize, demobilize, democratize, demoralize, denationalize, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, depressurize, desensitize, destabilize, destigmatize, detribalize, devitalize, diabolize, digitalize, disenfranchise, disorganize, economize, emblematize, emotionalize, epitomize, epoxidize, eroticize, eternalize, evangelize, externalize, familiarize, fanaticize, fictionalize, floor exercise, fool's paradise, formularize, free enterprise, gelatinize, generalize, geologize, Hispanicize, historicize, homogenize, hospitalize, hypothesize, idealize, illegalize, immobilize, immortalize, impersonalize, Indianize, indigenize, infantilize, initialize, internalize, italicize, legitimize, liberalize, literalize, lobotomize, lysogenize, macadamize, marginalize, metabolize, metastasize, militarize, mineralize, monopolize, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, parenthesize, philosophize, poeticize, politicize, popularize, prioritize, proselytize, radicalize, reorganize, revitalize, ritualize, romanticize, secularize, self-fertilize, sensualize, sexualize, sovietize, subjectivize, suburbanize, subvocalize, systematize, temporalize, theologize, traditionalize, trivialize, ventriloquize, visualize