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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Where is your organization creating disciplined coordination, and where is every department still improvising alone?

— Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The afternoon loosens into tapas at Tapeo and whatever the pastry chefs are improvising that week at Bubó.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Definition of improvising

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Sarah Sherman Samuel is known for devising furniture worthy of an art show, and the Lulu and Georgia Hamilton sideboard is no exception.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026
Ten years on, after devising the victorious Trojan Horse gambit, Ulysses attempts to return to Ithaca and the pining Penelope, whose palace has been overrun with scheming suitors seeking her hand.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026

Definition of devising

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Ghost also accused Wilson and her PR team of concocting a smear campaign against her.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026

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The raunchy stand-up comedian made his unexpected TV debut playing a junkyard and salvage business proprietor prone to get-rich-quick schemes and faking heart attacks.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
By stop-starting Gvardiol — a trick that lulls defenders into a false sense of security — and then faking to go one way and then the other, Messi found space where there seemed to be none and set up Julian Alvarez for Argentina’s third goal.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of faking

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