EXTEMPORIZING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

extemporizing

verb

present participle of extemporize

as in devising

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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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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Is there a lot of improvising in the show, or does that just come out every once in a while?

— Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
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

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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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