Social life

Synonyms for improvise

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 5, SummitSocial life

manage in a makeshift way

After the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

extemporize

Same sentence, swapped: After the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to extemporize for weeks.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for improvise as it is used in the sentence above.

fend
hack
evolve

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hackverbcutbe able to manage or manage successfullyTreelineHas a reason line haltnoun, verbfreezean interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movementTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line heednoun, verbregardpaying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line uncoupleverbdecoupledisconnect or separateSummit undevelopedadjectiveunexploitednot developed, improved, exploited or usedSummitHas a reason line unevenlyadverbunequallyin an unequal or partial mannerSummitHas a reason line unfashionableadjectiveunstylishnot in accord with or not following current fashionSummitHas a reason line unfeelingadjectivehardhearteddevoid of feeling for othersSummit

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