Antonyms for ad-lib
ædˈlɪb, ˈæd-ad-lib

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1. ad-libadjective

   remark made spontaneously without prior preparation

   "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"

   Antonyms:
   scripted, prepared, written

2. ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsedadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   prepared, written, scripted

   Synonyms:
   unwritten, unrehearsed, off-the-cuff, extemporaneous, extempore, offhand, spontaneous, extemporary, impromptu, offhanded

3. ad-lib, spontaneous, unwrittenverb

   said or done without having been planned or written in advance

   "he made a few ad-lib remarks"

   Antonyms:
   written, scripted, prepared

   Synonyms:
   unwritten, unrehearsed, oral, off-the-cuff, extemporaneous, extempore, self-generated, offhand, spontaneous, extemporary, impromptu, offhanded

4. improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporiseadverb

   perform without preparation

   "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"

   Antonyms:
   scripted, written, prepared

   Synonyms:
   improvize, extemporise, improvise, extemporize

5. ad lib, ad libitum, spontaneously, impromptuadverb

   without advance preparation

   "he spoke ad lib"

   Antonyms:
   written, scripted, prepared

   Synonyms:
   ad libitum, spontaneously, impromptu, ad lib

How to use ad-lib in a sentence?

1. Growth President David McIntosh:

   As president, you can't govern by ad lib, tell us exactly what would you do on health care.

2. Margaret Thatcher:

   I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

3. Kirstie Alley:

   OK wait a minute wait just a minute. Is twitter actually censoring everything at this point that they disagree with? And making news outlets the powers that be?? Look at this! GOP or LIB is THIS your America?

4. Madison Cawthorn:

   Cry more, lib.

5. Jordan Peele:

   I consider The Stepford Wives social thrillers, the Stepford Wives're about gender and the women's lib movement and that civil rights movement, but The Stepford Wives're also entertaining mysteries. I figured we could make a' Rosemary's Baby/Stepford Wives' of race.

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