elaboration
The word “elaboration” has 5 syllables: e-la-bo-ra-tion.
It's pronounced as /ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/.
What is synonym and antonym for elaboration?
In the thesaurus, “elaboration” has 9 synonyms and 7 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for elaboration along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for elaboration
- amplification
- caricature
- development
- enhancement
- evolution
- exaggeration
- progress
- progression
- stretching
Antonyms for elaboration
- disparagement
- meiosis
- regress
- regression
- retrogression
- reversion
- understatement
Meanings of elaboration
- noun
- The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order.
- Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
- The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
- (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.
Example Sentences
- Her elaboration on the topic helped clarify many of the students' questions.
- The elaboration of his ideas in the essay was thorough and insightful.
- We appreciated the elaboration in the report, which provided much-needed details.
- The elaboration of the plan required input from all team members.
- His elaboration during the discussion revealed new perspectives on the issue.
On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elaboration, such as: amplification, caricature, development, disparagement, enhancement, evolution, exaggeration.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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