elaborations

The word “elaborations” has 5 syllables: e-la-bo-ra-tions

It's pronounced as /ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃənz/


What is synonym and antonym for elaborations?

In the thesaurus, “elaborations” has 36 synonyms and 24 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for elaborations

  • additions
  • advancements
  • amplifications
  • augmentations
  • betterments
  • caricatures
  • colorings
  • developments
  • embellishments
  • embroideries
  • emergences
  • enhancements
  • evolutions
  • evolvements
  • exaggerations
  • expansions
  • fabrications
  • flowerings
  • growths
  • hyperboles
  • hypes
  • improvements
  • incubations
  • magnifications
  • maturations
  • metamorphoses
  • misrepresentations
  • overstatements
  • paddings
  • perfections
  • progresses
  • progressions
  • pufferies
  • refinements
  • superlatives
  • supplementations

Antonyms for elaborations

  • backslides
  • belittlements
  • decadences
  • decays
  • declensions
  • declinations
  • declines
  • degeneracies
  • degenerations
  • degradations
  • descents
  • deteriorations
  • devaluations
  • disparagements
  • downfalls
  • downgrades
  • lapses
  • meioses
  • regresses
  • regressions
  • relapses
  • retrogressions
  • reversions
  • understatements

Meanings of elaborations

  • 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 elaborations on the historical context added depth to the lecture.
  • The author's elaborations on the characters' backgrounds enriched the story.
  • During the Q&A session, the scientist's elaborations on the experiment were highly informative.
  • The elaborations provided in the proposal convinced the committee to approve the project.
  • His frequent elaborations on minor details sometimes made the meetings longer than necessary.

On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elaborations, such as: additions, advancements, amplifications, augmentations, backslides, belittlements, betterments.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

magnifications

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  • caricatures
  • colorings
  • elaborations
  • embellishments
  • embroideries
  • enhancements
  • exaggerations
  • fabrications
  • hyperboles
  • hypes
  • misrepresentations
  • overstatements
  • paddings
  • pufferies
  • superlatives

paddings

quantum leaps

  • advancements
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  • ameliorations
  • betterments
  • boosts
  • breakthroughs
  • civilizations
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  • discoveries
  • edifications
  • educations
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  • enlightenments
  • evolutions
  • expansions
  • finds
  • gestations
  • growths
  • increases
  • innovations
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  • maturations
  • meliorations
  • perfections
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  • renaissances
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  • revivals
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  • uptrends
  • upturns
  • windfalls

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