improvize
improvize is the alternative spelling of improvise.
Meaning of improvise
Verb
improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised)
- To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
- He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.
- Synonyms:
- fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it
Forms of improvize
| third-person singular present | improvizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | improvizing |
| past participle | improvized |
| past | improvized |
Questions about improvize
- What is improvize the alternative spelling of?
- Improvize is the alternative spelling of improvise.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: improvize (page history and authors); improvise (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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