14
improvise(noun, verb, adjective, create, informal)
9
ad-lib(verb, adjective, create, planned, invent)
6
ad lib(noun, expression, idiom, nonpreparation)
6
extemporise(verb, adjective, invent, devise, concoct)
6
wing it(noun, verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb)
5
make up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, planned, invent)
4
improvize
4
invent(verb, create, devise, contrive, improvise)
4
play by ear(noun, verb, expression, idiom, improvise)
3
devise(verb, improvise)
3
do offhand(verb, expression, idiom, improvise)
3
fake(verb, planned, compose, prepared)
3
improvisate(verb, improvise)
3
knock off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, improvise)
3
toss off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, improvise)
2
play
1
according to pleasure(expression, adjective, idiom, informal, unplanned)
1
ad libitum(expression, adjective, informal, unplanned, off-the-cuff)
1
as one thinks best(expression, adjective, idiom, informal, unplanned)
1
as one wishes(expression, adjective, idiom, informal, unplanned)
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