extemporized
Made it up
Extemporized means performed, spoken, or composed on the spot without preparation.
A musician might deliver an extemporized solo, or a speaker might offer extemporized remarks when the teleprompter fails.
She extemporized a lullaby to calm the baby.
The word carries a sense of spontaneous creation rather than mere winging it.
Spoke spontaneously, unscripted
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
- wingedHaving flight appendages
freestyled · riffed · jammed · scat · comedic · standup · theatrical · monologue
Without advance preparation
- unpreparedLacking readiness beforehand
- unscriptedNot pre-written
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
remarks · address · toast · eulogy · sermon · lecture · presentation · debate
Created something new
- devisedPlanned or invented
- concoctedCreated by combining elements
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- craftedMade with skill
composed · created · fashioned · generated · produced · originated · spontaneous · imaginative
Unable to move freely
- riffedImprovised musical phrases
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- soloPerformance by one
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
bebop · scat · freestyle · variations · embellished · ornamented · vamped · noodled
Fraudulently arranged beforehand
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- fashionedCreated by shaping
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
devised · assembled · constructed · adapted · modified · repurposed · resourceful · ingenious
ad-libbed
Spoke spontaneously, unscripted
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
winged · freestyled · riffed · jammed · scat · comedic · standup · theatrical · monologue · soliloquy
impromptu
Without advance preparation
- unpreparedLacking readiness beforehand
- unscriptedNot pre-written
- spontaneousArising without external cause
off-the-cuff · remarks · address · toast · eulogy · sermon · lecture · presentation · debate · rebuttal
invented
Created something new
- devisedPlanned or invented
- concoctedCreated by combining elements
- fabricatedInvented, not real
crafted · composed · created · fashioned · generated · produced · originated · spontaneous · imaginative · resourceful
jammed
Unable to move freely
jazz · bebop · scat · freestyle · variations · embellished · ornamented · vamped · noodled · melodic
rigged
Fraudulently arranged beforehand
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- fashionedCreated by shaping
contrived · devised · assembled · constructed · adapted · modified · repurposed · resourceful · ingenious · stopgap