Antonyms for elaborate
ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; -əˌreɪtelab·o·rate

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1. elaborate

   Antonyms:
   misconceive, mismanage, misconstrue, hit, conjecture, guess, extemporize, chance

   Synonyms:
   execute, forge, prepare, concoct, mature

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1. • Produce

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. elaborate, luxuriantadjective

   marked by complexity and richness of detail

   "an elaborate lace pattern"

   Antonyms:
   plain, careless

   Synonyms:
   elaborated, epicurean, luxurious, detailed, profuse, luxuriant, sybaritic, exuberant, voluptuary, lush, riotous, voluptuous

2. detailed, elaborate, elaboratedverb

   developed or executed with care and in minute detail

   "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

   Synonyms:
   elaborated, luxuriant, detailed

3. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilateverb

   add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

   "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

   Synonyms:
   work out, refine, fat, expound, fatten, exposit, dilate, fill out, spread out, extend, amplify, blow up, rarify, lucubrate, set forth, fatten up, thrive, magnify, plump, expatiate, inflate, expand, fatten out, flesh out, complicate, plump out, boom, enlarge, flourish, distend, round

4. elaborateverb

   produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product

   "The bee elaborates honey"

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

   Synonyms:
   expatiate, dilate, refine, flesh out, expound, expand, lucubrate, work out, enlarge, rarify, complicate, exposit

5. complicate, refine, rarify, elaborateverb

   make more complex, intricate, or richer

   "refine a design or pattern"

   Antonyms:
   plain, careless

   Synonyms:
   refine, perplex, lucubrate, exposit, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, work out, rectify, dilate, expatiate, expand, expound, flesh out, complicate, enlarge

6. elaborate, work outverb

   work out in detail

   "elaborate a plan"

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

   Synonyms:
   work out, refine, expound, lick, exposit, dilate, work, puzzle out, figure, solve, reckon, rarify, lucubrate, cypher, cipher, expatiate, expand, flesh out, complicate, compute, figure out, calculate, enlarge, work up, exercise

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:3.0 / 7 votes

1. simple

   easily understood or done, presenting no difficulty.

   his work was very simple.

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

2. brief

   it means something not in much detail

   give a brief summary of the story.

   Submitted by anonymous on September 29, 2020  

3. adumbrate

   Submitted by Karishmalunia11 on November 19, 2019  

4. adumbrate

   give complete details

   he elaborated on the details of the plan

   Submitted by anonymous on September 1, 2020  

How to use elaborate in a sentence?

1. Richard Valantasis:

   In Eastern Orthodoxy, for example, the fasting rules are pretty elaborate -- no milk, no eggs, no meat, no fish with blood systems, and sometimes no leavened bread, even though the foods for Lent are really wonderful and tasty, they still remind you that you are in the middle of a fasting period and therefore, your eating habits continually reinforce the spiritual disciplines you're supposed to be working through.

2. Jan Schakowsky:

   This is a new low, even for anti-abortion activists who will stop at nothing in their effort to undermine a woman's right to choose, i believe the Center for Medical Progress may have broken the law in developing and executing this unbelievably elaborate and troubling scheme, and all Americans should have concerns about that.

3. Chief Executive Peter Hancock:

   We of course will meet with him to further share our conclusions and give him an opportunity to elaborate on his views.

4. Dan Pendergast:

   We put six or seven trucks in a row, and we push all the snow simultaneously, from the left to right, and we use our computer systems in the truck which are pretty elaborate. That tells us how much salt we put down.

5. Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski:

   We're aware that the British welfare system is very elaborate and that it may not be able to bear it. We are therefore addressing this by increasing our benefits, and we also want to raise salaries in Poland.

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