AD-LIBBING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

ad-libbing

verb

present participle of ad-lib

as in improvising

to perform, make, or do without preparation had to ad-lib constructing a piñata because she'd never actually seen it being done

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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

Definition of improvising

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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

Definition of devising

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The prosecution, led by Jennifer Sprague and Shanan Buckingham, alleges that Clancy planned the murders before faking a suicide attempt.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
This aims to make faking qualifications harder, addressing a critical hiring infrastructure problem.

— Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of faking

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