Antonyms for ad lib
Grammar : Adj, adv, noun, verb |
Spell : ad-lib, ad- |
Phonetic Transcription : ædˈlɪb, ˈæd- |
- be real
- borrow
- calm
- cautious
- considering
- deliberate
- deliberately
- demolish
- design
- designed
- destroy
- disagree
- disorder
- disorganize
- end
- fail
- finish
- forget
- heedful
- hurt
- ignore
- intended
- lose
- miss
- neglect
- pass by
- plan
- planned
- premediated
- premeditate
- premeditated
- premeditative
- prepare
- prepared
- raze
- read
- rehearse
- rehearsed
- result
- ruin
- sensible
- sophisticated
- steal
- stop
- tell truth
- terminate
- thoughtful
- wise
- wreck
- write
- written
Definition of ad lib
Origin :- 1811, shortened from Latin ad libitum "at one's pleasure, as much as one likes" (c.1600), from libere "to please" (see libido). First recorded as one word 1919 (v.), 1925 (n.).
- As in impromptu : adj unrehearsed, improvised
- As in improvised : adj made-up
- As in impulsive : adj tending to act without thought
- As in off the cuff : adj impromptu
- As in spontaneous : adj impulsive, willing
- As in unprepared : adj not ready
- As in unrehearsed : adj spontaneous
- As in extemporaneous : adj improvised
- As in rough-and-ready : adj crude but serviceable
- As in off-the-cuff : adj extemporaneous
- As in spur-of-the-moment : adj extemporaneous
- As in ad-lib : adj at one's pleasure
- As in extemporaneous/extemporary : adj unrehearsed, improvised
- As in ad libitum : adv at one's pleasure
- As in off the cuff : adv without preparation
- As in spontaneously : adv instinctively
- As in ad-lib : adv in an improvised manner
- As in extemporization : noun improvisation
- As in improvise : verb make up
- As in invent : verb create, think up
- As in make up : verb create
- As in wing it : verb improvise
- As in ad-lib : verb improvise speech
- As in concoct : verb formulate, think up
- As in devise : verb conceive, dream up
- As in extemporize : verb improvise
- That doesn't mean that every individual is a bit of both, or either, ad lib.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- One day, however, De Beers astonished the Colonel by offering to manufacture shells, ad lib.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Kimberley » by T. Phelan
- It consisted of a monologue delivered by the poisonous young woman to the macaw, occasionally varied by ad lib.
- Extract from : « The Book of Susan » by Lee Wilson Dodd
- The general belief, in consequence, was that I had committed 'nameless' crimes in all directions, ad lib.
- Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
- "I needed a job awful bad," I answered sullenly, knowing it sounded like an ad lib.
- Extract from : « The Old Die Rich » by Horace Leonard Gold
- He sang the foregoing twice over and then added a chorus, plainly improvised, made up of "Di doos" and "Di dums" ad lib.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Synonyms for ad lib
- abrupt
- according to pleasure
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- ad libitum
- ad-lib
- ad-libbing
- arrange
- as one thinks best
- as one wishes
- at first glance
- at will
- author
- automatic
- automatically
- autoschediastic
- Band-Aid
- basic
- batch
- bear
- blend
- blueprint
- brainstorm
- break loose
- brew
- bring into being
- by ear
- careless
- cast
- casual
- caught off guard
- chart
- cogitate
- coin
- combine
- come up with
- come upon
- compose
- compound
- conceive
- concoct
- construct
- contrive
- cook up
- craft
- create
- crude
- dash off
- dash out
- dashed off
- design
- devil-may-care
- devise
- discover
- do off the top of your head
- do off top of head
- do offhand
- dope out
- down
- dream up
- emotional
- envisage
- envision
- execute
- expedient
- extemporaneous
- extemporaneously
- extemporary
- extempore
- extemporize
- extemporized
- extemporizing
- fabricate
- fabulize
- fake
- fake it
- faked
- fashion
- fictionalize
- find
- fix
- flaky
- fly-by-night
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- free
- free spirited
- freely
- from the hip
- fuse
- get off
- gone off deep end
- hasty
- hatch
- head trip
- headlong
- hit-or-miss
- hot-and-cold
- ill-considered
- imagine
- immediate
- immediately
- impetuous
- impromptu
- improv
- improve
- improvisate
- improvisatory
- improvise
- improvised
- improviso
- impulsive
- impulsively
- inaugurate
- inevitable
- informal
- initiate
- instinctive
- intrigue
- intuitive
- invent
- involuntary
- irresistible
- jam
- jamming
- jerry-built
- join
- jumping the gun
- knock off
- machinate
- mad
- made-up
- make
- make do
- make up
- makeshift
- mastermind
- mature
- meld
- merge
- mingle
- mint
- mix
- napping
- natural
- not prepared
- not rehearsed
- off the cuff
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- off the top of one's head
- off top of head
- off-hand
- off-the-cuff
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- originate
- passionate
- plan
- play by ear
- play it by ear
- played by ear
- plot
- precipitate
- prefab
- prepare
- pretend
- primitive
- produce
- project
- provisional
- put together
- quick
- rash
- ready
- scheme
- shape
- shot from the hip
- simple
- slap together
- slapdash
- snap
- spark
- speak extemporaneously
- speak impromptu
- speak off the cuff
- spontaneity
- spontaneous
- spontaneously
- spur of the moment
- spur-of-the-moment
- storify
- sudden
- surprised
- swift
- taken off guard
- taking for ride
- think up
- thought out loud
- throw together
- thrown off
- thrown together
- toss off
- toss out
- tossed off
- tossed out
- trump up
- turn out
- unartful
- unavoidable
- unaware
- unbidden
- uncompelled
- unconscious
- unconsciously
- unconsidered
- unconstrained
- uncontrived
- uncontrolled
- unexpected
- unforced
- unintentional
- unmeditated
- unplanned
- unpracticed
- unpredictable
- unpremediated
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unprompted
- unready
- unrefined
- unrehearsed
- unschooled
- unscripted
- unskilled
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- untrained
- up front
- up-and-down
- vamp
- vamped
- violent
- voluntary
- vulnerable
- whip up
- whipped up
- wild-and-woolly
- wing
- wing it
- winged
- winging it
- without preparation
- without rehearsal
- without restraint
- work out
- write
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