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 47 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for elaboration

addition
advancement
amplification
augmentation
betterment
blossoming
caricature
coloring
comment
development
discussion
embellishment
embroidering
embroidery
emergence
enhancement
evolution
evolvement
exaggeration
expansion
explanation
fabrication
flourishing
flowering
fudging
growth
hedging
hype
hyperbole
improvement
incubation
magnification
maturation
maturing
metamorphosis
misrepresentation
overstatement
padding
perfection
progress
progression
puffery
refinement
ripening
stretching
superlative
supplementation

Antonyms for elaboration

backslide
belittlement
decadence
decay
decaying
declension
declination
decline
degeneracy
degeneration
degradation
descent
deterioration
devaluation
disparagement
downfall
downgrade
ebbing
falling
lapse
meiosis
minimizing
poor-mouthing
quiet
regress
regression
relapse
retrogression
reversion
silence
understatement
weakening

Meanings of elaboration

noun
1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. (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 79 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elaboration, such as: addition, advancement, amplification, augmentation, backslide, belittlement, betterment.

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