All impromptu synonyms
im·promp·tu
I i adj impromptu
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- offhand — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- unscripted — not scripted; lacking a script: an unscripted idea for a movie.
- ad-lib — If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand.
- fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- off the cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- unpremeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- unprepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
- unstudied — not studied; not premeditated or labored; natural; unaffected.
- spur-of-the-moment — occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
- winged — having wings.
- faked — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- improv — improvisation.
- vamped — a seductive woman who uses her sensuality to exploit men.
- whipped up — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
adjective impromptu
- unrehearsed — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
- unplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- improvised — made or said without previous preparation: an improvised skit.
- extempore — Spoken or done without preparation.
- ad hoc — An ad hoc activity or organization is done or formed only because a situation has made it necessary and is not planned in advance.
- off-the-cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
adverb impromptu
- at will — If you can do something at will, you can do it when you want and as much as you want.
- by ear — without reading from written music
- off the top of one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
- automatically — without volition or from force of habit; mechanically: Whenever I hear that song, I automatically think of my dad.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- ad libitum — (to be performed) at the performer's discretion
noun impromptu
- pickup — an improvement, as in health, business conditions, work, production, etc.
- extemporisation — Alternative spelling of extemporization.
- extemporization — The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.