What is another word for elaborate?
Synonyms for elaborate
ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; -əˌreɪtelab·o·rate
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
elaborate
Synonyms:
execute, forge, prepare, concoct, matureAntonyms:
misconceive, mismanage, misconstrue, hit, conjecture, guess, extemporize, chance
Princeton's WordNet
elaborate, luxuriantadjective
marked by complexity and richness of detail
"an elaborate lace pattern"
Synonyms:
elaborated, epicurean, luxurious, detailed, profuse, luxuriant, sybaritic, exuberant, voluptuary, lush, riotous, voluptuousdetailed, 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"
Synonyms:
elaborated, luxuriant, detailedelaborate, 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"
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, roundelaborateverb
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, expositcomplicate, refine, rarify, elaborateverb
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, enlargeelaborate, work outverb
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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
elaborateverb
Synonyms:
bestow labor upon, work outelaborateverb
Synonyms:
improve, refine, mature, ripen, prepare thoroughlyelaborateadjective
Synonyms:
labored, studied, high wrought, highly finished, elaborately prepared
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "elaborate":
develop, detailed, complex, prepare, developed, formulate, explain, complicated, developing, devise
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#125 | work | |
#311 | down | |
#958 | figure | |
#1092 | mature | |
#1284 | developed | |
#1309 | round | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1579 | detailed | |
#1690 | fat | |
#1758 | complex | |
#1910 | developing | |
#2042 | exercise | |
#2479 | enlarge | |
#3082 | explain | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#3852 | calculate | |
#4532 | extend | |
#4835 | polish | |
#4953 | solve | |
#5397 | refine | |
#6859 | execute | |
#7037 | complicated | |
#7386 | boom | |
#9768 | forge | |
#9945 | compute | |
#11632 | luxurious | |
#12751 | lick | |
#12849 | plump | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#14822 | lush | |
#18236 | formulate | |
#18549 | thrive | |
#22251 | devise | |
#23713 | flourish | |
#23915 | cipher | |
#24187 | reckon | |
#29947 | magnify | |
#29978 | elaborated | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#34586 | complicate | |
#36507 | amplify | |
#38823 | inflate | |
#44529 | voluptuous | |
#46323 | exuberant | |
#47021 | cypher | |
#67583 | epicurean | |
#75307 | expound | |
#75439 | profuse | |
#78329 | luxuriant | |
#83140 | riotous | |
#84676 | dilate | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#98633 | fatten | |
#102253 | concoct | |
#321810 | distend |
How to use elaborate in a sentence?
The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilization on males and females alike must be resolved, a pattern within which men must learn, in return for a variety of elaborate rewards, new forms in which sexual spontaneity is still possible, and women must learn to discipline their receptivity to a thousand other considerations.
Justin Nojan Sullivan , 19 had elaborate plans to kill hundreds of innocent people to show Justin Nojan Sullivan , 19 support for the terrorist organization, ISIL.
You have to believe in facts. Without facts there's no basis for cooperation. If I say this is a podium and you say this is an elephant, it's going to be hard for us to cooperate, i can't find common ground if somebody says that climate change just isn't happening, when almost all the world's scientists tell us it is. I don't know where to start talking to you about this. If you say it's an elaborate hoax, where do we start ?
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.
It was the most amazing moment of my life, im so lucky I didnt lose my virginity in the back of a Jeep or something. Instead, I had this amazing, elaborate wedding and I topped it off with that.
Translations for elaborate
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- توArabic
- доразвивам, изпипвам, изкусен, подробен, сложенBulgarian
- propracovaný, rozpracovat, rozvéstCzech
- uddybe, detaljeretDanish
- durchdacht, ausführlich, erarbeitenGerman
- επεξεργάGreek
- elaborarSpanish
- välja töötama, üksikasjalik, detailne, rikkalik, viimistlemaEstonian
- بادقت شرح دادنPersian
- yksityiskohtainen, kehitellä, perusteellinen, kehittää, täsmentää, [[käsitellä]] [[yksityiskohtaisemmin]], [[selittää]] [[tarkemmin]], huoliteltu, taidokasFinnish
- élaborerFrench
- yl-chastManx
- विस्तृतHindi
- alaposan kidolgozott, kifejt, bonyolult, mélyrehatóHungarian
- մանրամասնելArmenian
- rumitIndonesian
- ítarlegurIcelandic
- approfondire, intricato, dettagliare, elaborato, elaborare, dettagliatoItalian
- לְפַרֵטHebrew
- 精巧なJapanese
- 정교한Korean
- amplificant,Latin
- gedetailleerd, diepgaand, uitwerken, intrigerendDutch
- utdypeNorwegian
- rozwinąć, opracować, drobiazgowyPolish
- argumentar, elaborarPortuguese
- elaboratRomanian
- конкретизировать, [[вдаваться]] [[в]] [[подробность, разрабатывать, подробный, [[тщательно]] [[сделанный]], доскональный, развивать, уточнять, искусный, замысловатый, скрупулёзный, продуманныйRussian
- utveckla, elaborera, detaljeradSwedish
- விரிவாகTamil
- విTelugu
- ทำอย่างละเอียดThai
- ayrıntılı, detaylı, tafsilatlı, mufassal, teferruatlıTurkish
- وسیعUrdu
- kỹ lưỡngVietnamese
- פּראָטיםYiddish
- 阐述Chinese
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