Synonyms for elaborate
- verb
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Complicate
Adjective
Definitions
- v. 1
Тo develop in detail or complexity.
- v. 2
To expand/enlarge in detail.
Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
- adj. 1
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.
Related words
- Word family
- elaborately elaborateness elaboration
Forms
- Past participle
- elaborated
e.g. elaborated → expanded, expounded, developed, enlarged…
Example sentences
- expatiate My principal virtue is humility, which I can expatiate for hours on.
- explain Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
- concoct The herbalist will concoct a potion for that.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| elaborate | steady | |
| expatiate | falling | |
| lucubrate | steady | |
| exposit | steady | |
| explain | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- busy2
- 5 letters
- fancy2, fussy2, ripen2
- 6 letters
- finish2, expand2, mature2, refine2, ornate2, dilate2, rarefy3
- 7 letters
- perfect2, explain2, develop3, prepare2, studied2, enlarge2, labored2, expound2, concoct2, exposit
- 8 letters
- detailed2, laboured
- 9 letters
- luxuriant4, explicate3, expatiate, lucubrate
- 10 letters
- complicate3
- 11 letters
- complicated4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (busy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- élaborer
- Italiano
- elaborare
- Deutsch
- ausarbeiten