AD-LIB as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • remark made spontaneously without prior preparation
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians
   
   Hypernyms(s) ad-lib is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • remark (what does remark mean?)
   • comment (what does comment mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • improvise (what does improvise mean?)
   • improvize (what does improvize mean?)
   • ad-lib (what does ad-lib mean?)
   • extemporize (what does extemporize mean?)
   • extemporise (what does extemporise mean?)

AD-LIB as VERB

1. Meaning
   • perform without preparation
   
   Synonym(s)
   • extemporise (what does extemporise mean?)
   • extemporize (what does extemporize mean?)
   • improvise (what does improvise mean?)
   • improvize (what does improvize mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • he extemporized a speech at the wedding
   
   Hypernyms(s) ad-lib is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • perform (what does perform mean?)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
   • do (what does do mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • extemporization (what does extemporization mean?)
   • extemporisation (what does extemporisation mean?)
   • improvisation (what does improvisation mean?)
   • extemporization (what does extemporization mean?)
   • extemporisation (what does extemporisation mean?)
   • improvisation (what does improvisation mean?)
   • ad-lib (what does ad-lib mean?)
   • improvisation (what does improvisation mean?)
   • extemporization (what does extemporization mean?)
   • extemporisation (what does extemporisation mean?)
   • improvisation (what does improvisation mean?)
   • improvisation (what does improvisation mean?)
   • temporary expedient (what does temporary expedient mean?)

AD-LIB as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • with little or no preparation or forethought
   
   Synonym(s)
   • extemporaneous (what does extemporaneous mean?)
   • extemporary (what does extemporary mean?)
   • extempore (what does extempore mean?)
   • impromptu (what does impromptu mean?)
   • off-the-cuff (what does off-the-cuff mean?)
   • offhand (what does offhand mean?)
   • offhanded (what does offhanded mean?)
   • unrehearsed (what does unrehearsed mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
   • an extemporaneous piano recital
   • an extemporary lecture
   • an extempore skit
   • an impromptu speech
   • offhand excuses
   • trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
   
   Similar To
   • unprepared (what does unprepared mean?)
2. Meaning
   • said or done without having been planned or written in advance
   
   Synonym(s)
   • spontaneous (what does spontaneous mean?)
   • unwritten (what does unwritten mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • he made a few ad-lib remarks
   
   Similar To
   • unscripted (what does unscripted mean?)

AD LIB as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • without advance preparation
   
   Synonym(s)
   • ad libitum (what does ad libitum mean?)
   • impromptu (what does impromptu mean?)
   • spontaneously (what does spontaneously mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • he spoke ad lib