Synonyms for elaboration
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Expansion
2. Intricacy
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- n. 2
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
the elaboration of food into chyme
Forms
- Plural
- elaborations → developments, expansions, enlargements, intricacies…
Example sentences
- expansion Denmark is experiencing a modest economic expansion.
- enlargement She received an ad for penis enlargement in her inbox.
- explanation We shouldn't accept his explanation at face value.
- preparation We are studying hard in preparation for the exams.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| elaboration | steady | |
| expansion | falling | |
| enlargement | falling | |
| intricacy | steady | |
| involution | falling | |
| explanation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- ripening3
- 9 letters
- expansion3, intricacy4
- 10 letters
- refinement3, involution
- 11 letters
- development4, explanation4, preparation4, enlargement3
- 13 letters
- amplification5, elaborateness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ripening3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- élaboration
- Italiano
- elaborazione
- Español
- elaboración