Antonyms for ad lib
æd ˈlɪb, ˈædad lib

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1. ad libadverb

   Synonyms:
   a piacere

2. ad libadverb

   Extemporaneous, impromptu.

   Synonyms:
   a piacere

3. ad libadverb

   At will.

   Synonyms:
   a piacere

4. ad libadverb

   To whatever extent.

   She ad libbed the rest of the scene.

   Synonyms:
   a piacere

5. ad libadverb

   Extemporaneously.

   Synonyms:
   a piacere

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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, written, prepared

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, scripted, written

   Synonyms:
   unwritten, unrehearsed, ad-lib, 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, prepared, scripted

   Synonyms:
   unwritten, unrehearsed, ad-lib, 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:
   written, scripted, prepared

   Synonyms:
   ad-lib, improvize, extemporise, improvise, extemporize

5. ad lib, ad libitum, spontaneously, impromptuadverb

   without advance preparation

   "he spoke ad lib"

   Antonyms:
   scripted, prepared, written

   Synonyms:
   ad libitum, spontaneously, impromptu

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. Madison Cawthorn:

   Cry more, lib.

4. 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.

5. Mike Finn:

   In some ways, (Cameron) was protected by the Lib Dems as the leader of a coalition government. It protected him from the right wing of his party, he is going to have to face up to some of his demands from his right that previously he has not had to accede to.

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