ELABORATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • work out in detail
   Synonym(s)
   • work out (what does work out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • elaborate a plan
   Hypernyms(s) elaborate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • make grow (what does make grow mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • working out (what does working out mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make more complex, intricate, or richer
   Synonym(s)
   • complicate (what does complicate mean?)
   • rarify (what does rarify mean?)
   • refine (what does refine mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • refine a design or pattern
   Hypernyms(s) elaborate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • involve (what does involve mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • sophisticate (what does sophisticate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • elaborateness (what does elaborateness mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • intricacy (what does intricacy mean?)
   • involution (what does involution mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • working out (what does working out mean?)
   • complicatedness (what does complicatedness mean?)
   • complication (what does complication mean?)
   • knottiness (what does knottiness mean?)
   • complication (what does complication mean?)
3. Meaning
   • add details, as to an account or idea
   • clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
   Synonym(s)
   • dilate (what does dilate mean?)
   • enlarge (what does enlarge mean?)
   • expand (what does expand mean?)
   • expatiate (what does expatiate mean?)
   • exposit (what does exposit mean?)
   • expound (what does expound mean?)
   • flesh out (what does flesh out mean?)
   • lucubrate (what does lucubrate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
   Hypernyms(s) elaborate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clarify (what does clarify mean?)
   • clear up (what does clear up mean?)
   • elucidate (what does elucidate mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • abridge (what does abridge mean?)
   • foreshorten (what does foreshorten mean?)
   • abbreviate (what does abbreviate mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • contract (what does contract mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • detail (what does detail mean?)
   • set forth (what does set forth mean?)
   • expound (what does expound mean?)
   • exposit (what does exposit mean?)
   • exemplify (what does exemplify mean?)
   • illustrate (what does illustrate mean?)
   • instance (what does instance mean?)
   • specify (what does specify mean?)
   • particularize (what does particularize mean?)
   • particularise (what does particularise mean?)
   • specialize (what does specialize mean?)
   • specialise (what does specialise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dilation (what does dilation mean?)
   • exponent (what does exponent mean?)
   • exposition (what does exposition mean?)
   • expounding (what does expounding mean?)
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • enlargement (what does enlargement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • expanding upon (what does expanding upon mean?)
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • enlargement (what does enlargement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • exposition (what does exposition mean?)
   • expatiation (what does expatiation mean?)
   • lucubration (what does lucubration mean?)
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • enlargement (what does enlargement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • amplification (what does amplification mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
4. Meaning
   • produce from basic elements or sources
   • change into a more developed product
   Usage Example(s)
   • The bee elaborates honey
   Hypernyms(s) elaborate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • produce (what does produce mean?)
   • make (what does make mean?)
   • create (what does create mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • working out (what does working out mean?)

ELABORATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • developed or executed with care and in minute detail
   Synonym(s)
   • detailed (what does detailed mean?)
   • elaborated (what does elaborated mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a detailed plan
   • the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion- John Buchan
   • the carefully elaborated theme
   Similar To
   • careful (what does careful mean?)
2. Meaning
   • marked by complexity and richness of detail
   Synonym(s)
   • luxuriant (what does luxuriant mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an elaborate lace pattern
   Similar To
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)