'Extemporaneous' definitions:
Definition of 'extemporaneous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
With little or no preparation or forethought; "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"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed]
Definition of 'Extemporaneous'
From: GCIDE
- Extemporaneous \Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [See Extempore.] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- {Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness},n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'extemporaneous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ad lib,
- ad libitum,
- ad-lib,
- casual,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- extemporary,
- extempore,
- extemporized,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- impromptu,
- improvisatorial,
- improvise,
- improvised,
- improviso,
- impulsive,
- informal,
- jury-rigged,
- makeshift,
- off the cuff,
- off-the-cuff,
- offhand,
- precipitate,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- spontaneous,
- spur-of-the-moment,
- stopgap,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unrehearsed,
- unstudied