freestyler

Off-the-cuff rapper

A freestyler is someone who performs freestyle—improvised, unscripted creative expression.

The term appears most often in hip-hop (rappers who improvise verses), swimming (those who specialize in freestyle stroke), and action sports like skiing or BMX (athletes performing tricks rather than racing).

She's known as one of the best freestylers in the battle rap scene.

rapper

MC

Vocal performer or host

flow · bars · rhymes · wordplay · punchlines · cadence · cypher · beatboxer · verse · delivery

dancer

b-boy

Male street dancer

vogueing · house · cypher · battle · footwork · toprock · windmill · headspin · freeze · floorwork

improvisation

spontaneous

Arising without external cause

off-the-cuff · unrehearsed · extemporaneous · on-the-spot · jam · riff · variation · inventive · adaptive · fluid

athlete

snowboarder

Winter slope athlete

surfer · parkour · skier · wakeboarder · kitesurfer · slopestyle · halfpipe · superpipe · downhill · enduro

swimming

stroke

Sudden brain blood blockage

swimmer · pool · relay · medley · sprint · distance · streamline · pace · endurance · competition

Categories
Opposites
spontaneity vs. preparation

freestylerreciter

One who speaks aloud

cover artist · karaoke singer · lip-syncer · session musician · backing vocalist

structured vs. unstructured technique

freestylerconformist

One following accepted norms

classical dancer · formalist · traditionalist

competitive swimming strokes

freestylerbreaststroker

One who swims frog-style

backstroker

Phrases
Family

freestyle, freestyles, freestyling, freestyled, freestylers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G