AD-LIBBING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

ad-libbing

verb

present participle of ad-lib

as in improvising

to perform, make, or do without preparation had to ad-lib constructing a piñata because she'd never actually seen it being done

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Whether the actor is improvising or sticking closely to the script by Miles Hubley and Tommy White, Wilson’s talent and experience maintain the charm of a character who practically talks nonstop but in other hands could simply be obnoxious.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Though the scene has Mona improvising, it was performed as written, down to every last pause.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of improvising

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Across product organizations, Microsoft executives have been devising ways to charge customers based on usage to better reflect rising costs.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

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The figure concocting this foreign mist of positivity, Sumrall, grunted and frowned through the evening.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
So, too, do the antics of his estate manager (a buoyant Sam Adegoke), always concocting money-making schemes, and the wide-eyed adoration of the girl next door (Amelia Mason, deftly balancing naïveté with seductiveness), who wants to save him.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of concocting

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