IMPROMPTU as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an extemporaneous speech or remark
   Usage Example(s)
   • a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated
   Hypernyms(s) impromptu is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • address (what does address mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
   Hypernyms(s) impromptu is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • passage (what does passage mean?)
   • musical passage (what does musical passage mean?)

IMPROMPTU as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • with little or no preparation or forethought
   Synonym(s)
   • ad-lib (what does ad-lib mean?)
   • extemporaneous (what does extemporaneous mean?)
   • extemporary (what does extemporary mean?)
   • extempore (what does extempore 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?)

IMPROMPTU as ADVERB

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