1. (adj) elaborate, luxuriant
marked by complexity and richness of detail
Synonyms: elaborate, elaborated, epicurean, luxurious, detailed, profuse, luxuriant, sybaritic, exuberant, voluptuary, lush, riotous, voluptuous
Antonyms: plain, careless
2. (verb) detailed, elaborate, elaborated
developed or executed with care and in minute detail
Synonyms: elaborate, elaborated, luxuriant, detailed
Antonyms: careless, plain
3. (verb) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Synonyms: work out, refine, fat, expound, fatten, exposit, dilate, fill out, spread out, extend, amplify, blow up, rarify, lucubrate, set forth, fatten up, thrive, elaborate, magnify, plump, expatiate, inflate, expand, fatten out, flesh out, complicate, plump out, boom, enlarge, flourish, distend, round
Antonyms: careless, plain
4. (verb) elaborate
produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
Synonyms: expatiate, dilate, refine, flesh out, expound, expand, lucubrate, work out, enlarge, rarify, complicate, exposit
Antonyms: careless, plain
5. (verb) complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
make more complex, intricate, or richer
Synonyms: elaborate, refine, perplex, lucubrate, exposit, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, work out, rectify, dilate, expatiate, expand, expound, flesh out, complicate, enlarge
Antonyms: plain, careless
6. (verb) elaborate, work out
work out in detail
Synonyms: work out, refine, expound, lick, exposit, dilate, work, puzzle out, figure, solve, reckon, rarify, lucubrate, cypher, cipher, elaborate, expatiate, expand, flesh out, complicate, compute, figure out, calculate, enlarge, work up, exercise
Antonyms: careless, plain
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Synonyms and Antonyms of elaborate 
