Synonyms of extemporize

extemporize

verb

ik-ˈstem-pə-ˌrīz 

as in to improvise

to perform, make, or do without preparation

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improvise
• devise
• concoct
• ad-lib
• fake
• clap (together or up)
• manufacture
• invent
• hatch
• cook (up)
• think (up)
• contrive
• make up
• fabricate
• dash (off)
• cobble (together or up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prepare
• ready
• lay
• arrange
• consider
• study
• practice
• exercise
• contemplate
• ponder
• rehearse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extemporize

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

Feel free to extemporize, enthuse and connect with people, rather than overwork the data. — Palena Neale, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021

In public appearances, Emanuel likes to extemporize, cajole, and find a connection. — Connie Bruck, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021

That meant players were able to extemporize, to take chances without being accused of departing too far from the team playbook. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019

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