Synonyms for improvisation
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard.
Related words
- Word family
- improvisational
Forms
- Plural
- improvisations → impromptus, hacks, extemporisations…
Example sentences
- hack Gustavo managed to hack into the company’s system.
- impromptu I called a few friends and we had an impromptu party.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| improvisation | rising | |
| hack | rising | |
| impromptu | rising | |
| extemporisation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hack1
- 9 letters
- impromptu3
- 15 letters
- extemporisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impromptu3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- improvisation
- Italiano
- improvvisazione
- Deutsch
- Improvisation