Synonyms for elaborate
ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; -əˌreɪtelab·o·rate

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1. elaborate

   Synonyms:
   execute, forge, prepare, concoct, mature

   Antonyms:
   misconceive, mismanage, misconstrue, hit, conjecture, guess, extemporize, chance

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1. 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, voluptuous

   Antonyms:
   plain, careless

2. detailed, 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, detailed

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

3. elaborate, 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, round

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

4. elaborateverb

   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, exposit

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

5. complicate, 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, enlarge

   Antonyms:
   plain, careless

6. elaborate, 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

   Antonyms:
   careless, plain

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1. • Produce

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1. elaborateverb

   Synonyms:
   bestow labor upon, work out

2. elaborateverb

   Synonyms:
   improve, refine, mature, ripen, prepare thoroughly

3. elaborateadjective

   Synonyms:
   labored, studied, high wrought, highly finished, elaborately prepared

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1. List of paraphrases for "elaborate":

   develop, detailed, complex, prepare, developed, formulate, explain, complicated, developing, devise

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1. Bishop Nelson Perez:

   Please know that we stand ready to cooperate with law enforcement in this matter. I am deeply committed, as the shepherd of our diocese, to the safety and well-being of our children, today's indictment reflect the serious and elaborate nature of the acts allegedly taken by the defendant to traffic and exploit local area children.

2. Officer Gene Palmer:

   Matt provided me with (an) elaborate painting and information on the illegal acts that inmates were committing within the facility, in turn, I provided him with benefits such as paint, paintbrushes, movement of inmates, hamburger meat, altering the electrical boxes in the catwalk areas.

3. Dan Pendergast:

   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.

4. Rima Kamal:

   Since our colleague’s abduction, we mobilized all channels possible to secure her release, over the past five months, we have certainly had some leads. We are however unable to share or elaborate on these leads publically due to the sensitivity of any abduction case. What matters now is Nourane’s safe return to her family as soon as possible.

5. Evan Buetow:

   I would love for Bergdahl to elaborate on the 'disturbing circumstances' that were going on in his unit, because I have no idea what he would be referring to. I am an open book and would testify to anything.