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?
We can’t draw to many conclusions about potential health effects because the levels that are being reported are below detection limits, but the health thresholds are also below the detection limit. So there are additional or different methods that are more sensitive, they take more time, and they are more elaborate, and we’re hoping that the agencies will use some of those methods, as well, in the future.
Though we had hoped the testing would render different results, this is an opportunity to educate the public on the importance of verifying the authenticity of rare biblical artifacts, the elaborate testing process undertaken and our commitment to transparency, as an educational institution entrusted with cultural heritage, The Museum upholds and adheres to all museum and ethical guidelines on collection care, research and display.
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.
Projects can get so elaborate that it’s almost like building a house.
These people didn't just kill these things. They didn't just kill people and throw them away, they took elaborate, symbolic care for them because they knew that the presence that they represented, the presence of god, had to be nurtured.
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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