EXTEMPORIZED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

extemporized

verb

past tense of extemporize

as in improvised

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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Fans who didn’t have one of those improvised by using their phone lights to join in.

— Natalia Cano, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2026
After that kitchen scene, his character heads to work but slips in the driveway, which McDonald said was completely improvised.

— Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of improvised

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Costume designer Colleen Atwood devised the ensemble, while Ed Cubberly created the famous fiberglass muzzle, deliberately leaving it uncoated to evoke the look of dried, taut skin.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
However, a potential workaround for this was famously devised in 1994 by physicist Miguel Alcubierre, who argued that rather than using a propulsion system to accelerate the spacecraft itself, spacetime could be distorted around it.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of devised

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Martha’s concocted plenty over the years, including her cider-bourbon cocktail made with apple cider, bourbon, lemon juice, ginger, and apple garnishes.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026
The young lady had specially flown in from New York and Alan had concocted a piece of simple blackmail.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of concocted

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