Synonyms of improvising

improvising

verb

present participle of improvise

as in devising

to perform, make, or do without preparation

since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devising
• concocting
• extemporizing
• faking
• ad-libbing
• manufacturing
• clapping (together or up)
• inventing
• hatching
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• contriving
• fabricating
• dashing (off)
• making up
• cobbling (together or up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preparing
• arranging
• laying
• studying
• considering
• practicing
• contemplating
• readying
• exercising
• pondering
• rehearsing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of improvising

Both bands share a genre-bending approach, improvising to create performances that — in theory, at least — are singular. — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Where is your organization creating disciplined coordination, and where is every department still improvising alone? — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

The afternoon loosens into tapas at Tapeo and whatever the pastry chefs are improvising that week at Bubó. — Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

But the alternative is to leave frontline clinicians improvising when authenticity is in doubt. — Henry Bair, STAT, 14 July 2026

Long before acting became his profession, Hopkins was studying piano as a child in Port Talbot, Wales, performing Beethoven and Chopin by elementary school and improvising original music by age six. — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 10 July 2026

That mix of prep and improvising final things on set also worked well for other cast members. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

What made jazz so distinct was the freedom embedded into its structure, with musicians improvising, trading solos and bending notes together. — Abraham Swee, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Advertisement For many Venezuelans, the first days of rescue efforts have depended as much on neighbors improvising as on aid arriving from outside. — Philip Wang, Time, 29 June 2026