extemporize meaning
UK US
extemporize (verb): perform without preparation.
Spelling: extemporise (British) · extemporize (American)
extemporize has 2 meanings in this dictionary.
extemporize as a verb
- perform without preparation
- he extemporized a speech at the wedding
Synonyms: improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporise
Type of: perform
Related forms: extemporization
- manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
- after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks
Synonyms: improvise
Type of: cope
Scrabble score: 31 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with EX · words ending in ZE · 11-letter words
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