EXTEMPORIZE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

extemporize

verb

ik-ˈstem-pə-ˌrīz

Definition of extemporize

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

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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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extemporize

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And props are improvised so that pool noodles are used for jousting and an earbud case serves as an engagement ring.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
To some extent, OpenAI’s new product simply formalizes something that people had been doing on their own, either by pasting text from one window to another, or by improvising personal ChatGPT-linking software.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of improvise

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Davis’s Friday ruling means the government must now disclose who devised the fund’s structure, but the information will not necessarily be made available to the public.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Engineers devised a lower-thrust trajectory that saved BepiColombo's mission but delayed its Mercury arrival from December 2025 to November 2026.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of devise

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As is true of the best novels, the story emerges not as a scheme concocted by the author, but as an organic outcome of each character’s growth over the life of the book.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Secrecy laws like Georgia’s shield the public from awareness of the growing costs of pharmacists concocting drugs and the doctors administering the injections.

— Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026