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?
You wouldn't be able to tell looking at it from the outside, that's the whole point, they basically set up the basement like an elaborate club.
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.
We’ve got people up there( at Sunspot) that requested us to standby while they evacuate it. Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why. The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say. but for The FBI to get involved that quick and be so secretive about The FBI, there was a lot of stuff going on up there.
From what our researchers have seen, there is an elaborate marketplace on the Dark Web where the stolen data is distributed through channels to end users, the hackers, who at the top of the black market value chain, sell raw patient data in bulk.
The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans – many of them, they suffered – with an elaborate hoax.
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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