elaborate

The word “elaborate” has 4 syllables: e-lab-o-rate

It's pronounced as /ˈeləˌbɔːreɪt/

What is synonym and antonym for elaborate?

In the thesaurus, “elaborate” has 168 synonyms and 84 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for elaborate along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for elaborate

Byzantine
Kafkaesque
abundant
accurate
advance
amplify
baroque
bedeck
blossom
blow-by-blow
busy
byzantine
careful
challenging
chichi
circumstantial
clarify
comment
complete
complex
complicate
complicated
composite
compound
comprehensive
convoluted
copious
correct
daedal
deck
decorate
decorated
delineated
descriptive
detailed
develop
devise
difficult
discuss
distinct
elegant
embellish
embellished
emerge
encyclopedic
enhance
enlarge
entire
enumerated
evolve
exact
exhausting
exhaustive
expatiate
explain
explicit
expound
exquisite
extensive
extravagant
exuberant
fancified
fancy
fare
flamboyant
flesh out
forge
frilly
full
fussy
garnish
garnished
get along
get on
grand
grandiose
graphic
graphical
grow
heterogeneous
high-tech
highly wrought
impenetrable
imposing
improve
in-depth
inclusionary
inclusive
incomprehensible
inexplicable
interpret
intricate
inventoried
involute
involuted
involved
itemized
knotty
labored
labyrinthian
labyrinthine
listed
luxurious
magnificent
many-faceted
march
materialize
mature
minute
mixed
multibranched
multifaceted
multifarious
multipart
numerated
omnibus
ornament
ornamented
ornate
ostentatious
overcomplex
overcomplicated
overdone
overworked
overwrought
painstaking
panoramic
particular
particularize
particularized
perfected
picturesque
play out
plush
polish
posh
precise
proceed
prodigious
produce
progress
refine
refined
replete
ripen
sharp
showy
skillful
sophisticated
souped-up
specific
specified
specify
splendid
studied
tangled
thorough
thoroughgoing
tough
unfathomable
unfold
unintelligible
varied
vivid
with all the extras
with all the options
with bells and whistles
work out

Antonyms for elaborate

abbreviated
abridge
abridged
ambiguous
bald
bare
block
brief
broad
compact
compendious
compress
concise
condense
confuse
crisp
curtail
curtailed
cut
damage
decrease
deface
diminish
dirty
easy
facile
general
halt
harm
homogeneous
hurt
indeterminate
lessen
lower
make simple
modest
naked
natural
nebulous
no-frills
noncomplex
noncomplicated
nondescript
nonspecific
normal
overall
oversimplified
pithy
plain
plain-Jane
plain-vanilla
pruned
reduce
regular
ruin
short
shortened
simple
simplified
simplify
simplistic
sketchy
spoil
stop
succinct
summary
terse
trimmed
unadorned
uncomplicated
uncultured
undecorated
unelaborate
unfancy
uniform
uninvolved
unrefined
unsophisticated
unspecified
unvaried
unvarnished
usual
vague
worsen

Meanings of elaborate

verb
1. To develop in detail or complexity.
2. (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail.
adjective
1. Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
2. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

Example Sentences

The professor asked the student to elaborate on their research findings during the presentation.
The chef will elaborate on the complex flavors of the dish in his new cookbook.
She wore an elaborate dress adorned with intricate beadwork and lace for the gala.
The artist's elaborate design included detailed patterns and vibrant colors.
During the meeting, the manager provided an elaborate explanation of the new project plan.

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