improvise
(verb)
verb
1. perform without preparation
Similar word(s): extemporise, extemporize, improvize
Definition categories: creation, do, execute, perform
2. manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
- after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks
Similar word(s): extemporize
Definition categories: social, contend, cope, deal, grapple, manage
Sentences with improvise as a verb:
- He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.
- They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
- She improvised a lovely solo.