improvisation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)
Types & categories
- creation hypernym
Related & opposite
- ad-lib derivation
Sense 2 noun
an unplanned expedient
Types & categories
- expedient hypernym
Related & opposite
- ad-lib derivation
- extemporize derivation
Sense 3 noun
a performance given extempore without planning or preparation
Types & categories
- performance hypernym
Related & opposite
- ad-lib derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ad-lib |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | creation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ad-lib |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extemporize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expedient |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ad-lib |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | performance |