Antonyms for improv
| Grammar : Adj, adv, verb |
| Spell : im-prov |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm prɒv |
Definition of improv
Origin :- 1970 as colloquial shortening for improvisation. The New York City comedy club, founded in 1963, was, in full, The Improvisation.
- As in impromptu : adj unrehearsed, improvised
- As in informal : adj casual, simple
- As in off the cuff : adj impromptu
- As in extemporaneous : adj improvised
- As in off-the-cuff : adj extemporaneous
- As in spur-of-the-moment : adj extemporaneous
- As in extemporaneous/extemporary : adj unrehearsed, improvised
- As in off the cuff : adv without preparation
- As in improvise : verb make up
- As in make up : verb create
- As in wing it : verb improvise
- And, above all, let them be improv'd; by no means let them lose in the Repetition.
- Extract from : « Observations on the Florid Song » by Pier Francesco Tosi
- It is certain, Virgil is much indebted to him, tho' he has much improv'd his Manner.
- Extract from : « Lectures on Poetry » by Joseph Trapp
- John Andrews tells the story of the school boys who, in the phrase of the day, "improv'd" the coast on School Street.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- The blooming boy, who left his image in my young heart, is at four and twenty improv'd in every grace that fix'd him there.
- Extract from : « The Belle's Stratagem » by Hannah Cowley
Synonyms for improv
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- ad-lib
- at first glance
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- blend
- brainstorm
- breezy
- by ear
- casual
- coin
- colloquial
- combine
- compose
- compound
- concoct
- congenial
- construct
- contrive
- cook up
- cool
- dash off
- dashed off
- democratic
- devise
- do off the top of your head
- do off top of head
- do offhand
- down home
- dream up
- easy
- easygoing
- everyday
- expedient
- extemporaneous
- extemporaneously
- extemporary
- extempore
- extemporize
- extemporized
- fabricate
- fabulize
- fake
- fake it
- faked
- familiar
- fashion
- fictionalize
- fix
- folksy
- formulate
- frame
- frank
- free
- free-and-easy
- fuse
- hatch
- homey
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisate
- improvisatory
- improvise
- improvised
- improviso
- inconspicuous
- informal
- intimate
- invent
- jam
- jamming
- join
- knock off
- laid back
- loose
- low-pressure
- made-up
- make
- make do
- make up
- makeshift
- meld
- mellow
- merge
- mingle
- mix
- mixed
- motley
- natural
- off the cuff
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- off the top of one's head
- off-hand
- off-the-cuff
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- open
- ordinary
- originate
- play by ear
- play it by ear
- played by ear
- prepare
- pretend
- put together
- ready
- relaxed
- shot from the hip
- slapdash
- snap
- spark
- speak off the cuff
- spontaneous
- sporty
- spur of the moment
- spur-of-the-moment
- storify
- straightforward
- taking for ride
- thought out loud
- throw together
- throwaway
- thrown off
- toss off
- toss out
- tossed off
- tossed out
- trump up
- unceremonious
- unconstrained
- unconventional
- unfussy
- unofficial
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unrestrained
- unscripted
- unstudied
- urbane
- vamped
- whip up
- whipped up
- wing it
- winged
- winging it
- without ceremony
- write
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