IMPROVISES Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

improvises

verb

present tense third-person singular of improvise

as in concocts

to perform, make, or do without preparation since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech

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Recent Examples of improvises Xi is not a transactional politician who improvises policy on a whim, who posts his intentions on social media, or changes his mind in the meeting. —

Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026 History shows that such a regime escalates, improvises and takes risks that appear irrational from an outside perspective but are entirely rational from within. —

Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026 Sharon Udoh Udoh composes, writes and improvises hymns. —

Ruby Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026 Marcus du Sautoy believes that the creative impulses underlying mathematics and art are so similar that any artist working in any form improvises mathematically even when the artist doesn’t know it. —

Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 At one point, Paul improvises a blowtorch and singes Carey’s face, leaving his peepers hairless. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

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Driver’s character concocts a way for the duo to start an environmental business together as Russians, largely the mafia, are involved in recalibrating a canal in New York City.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 May 2026
The bleak tortures Ohm concocts for his characters are as vile as the Bilberry’s fetid jacuzzi.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026