IMPROVISING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of improvising Cancer — when practical support can become more necessary than ever — often leaves everyone improvising. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 24 Aug. 2026 Guo Degang was accused of violating public morals for improvising the lyrics to a communist party song. — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 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

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Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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As a result, Kaspersky suspects the ultimate goal was to use the infected head units to display ads and faking interactions with them to commit online ad fraud.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Prosecutors said Clancy planned the murders before faking a suicide attempt that left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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