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ad-lib

ad-lib is the alternative form of ad lib.

Meaning of ad lib

Adjective

ad lib (comparative more ad lib, superlative most ad lib)

  1. Extemporaneous, impromptu.
    • We were shocked to learn that the entire show was an ad lib performance. How did they weave it together so expertly on the fly?
  2. That provides as much as each one desires, to each one's fill, without restriction.
    • ad lib feed

See all 13 meanings of ad lib

Forms of ad-lib

Adjective
comparativemore ad-lib
superlativemost ad-lib
Noun
pluralad-libs
Verb
third-person singular presentad-libs
present participlead-libbing
past participlead-libbed
pastad-libbed

Questions about ad-lib

What is ad-lib the alternative form of?
Ad-lib is the alternative form of ad lib.

Words near ad-lib in the dictionary

  1. ad-hocness
  2. ad-hocracies
  3. ad-hocracy
  4. ad-hocrat
  5. ad-hocrats
  6. ad-lib
  7. ad-libbed
  8. ad-libber
  9. ad-libbers
  10. ad-libbing
  11. ad-libs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ad-lib (page history and authors); ad lib (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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