Synonyms for elaborate
ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; -əˌreɪt

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1. elaborate, luxuriant(adj)

   marked by complexity and richness of detail

   "an elaborate lace pattern"

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

   Antonyms:
   plain, careless

2. detailed, elaborate, elaborated(verb)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   elaborated, luxuriant, detailed

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

3. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate(verb)

   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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

4. elaborate(verb)

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

   "The bee elaborates honey"

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

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

5. complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate(verb)

   make more complex, intricate, or richer

   "refine a design or pattern"

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

   Antonyms:
   plain, careless

6. elaborate, work out(verb)

   work out in detail

   "elaborate a plan"

   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

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. elaborate

   Synonyms:
   execute, forge, prepare, concoct, mature

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. elaborate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   bestow labor upon, work out

2. elaborate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   improve, refine, mature, ripen, prepare thoroughly

3. elaborate(a.)

   Synonyms:
   labored, studied, high wrought, highly finished, elaborately prepared

PPDB, the paraphrase database(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   develop, detailed, complex, prepare, developed, formulate, explain, complicated, developing, devise

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How to use elaborate in a sentence?

1. John DeVore:

   I love ‘ Star Wars ’ because it's a huge alien and laser gun carnival. ‘ Star Wars ’ isn't Star Wars '. The movies are basically really long, elaborate toy commercials.

2. Matt Schlapp:

   I think Michael Cohen is someone who, like Paul Manafort, had an elaborate scheme to not pay their taxes and committed a lot of financial crimes.

3. Professor Thomas:

   In Samoa, men have elaborate tattoos inked on their thighs, buttocks and lower chest, it is a painful ordeal that requires a man to submit to the authority of the elders. When he emerges, he is celebrated as a hero.

4. 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.

5. Officer Gene Palmer:

   Matt provided me with (an) elaborate painting and information on the illegal acts that inmates were committing within the facility, in turn, I provided him with benefits such as paint, paintbrushes, movement of inmates, hamburger meat, altering the electrical boxes in the catwalk areas.

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