Elaborate

//ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət//

Synonyms for "elaborate" (257 found)

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Closest matches (52)

elaborated luxuriant adorn affected ample amplify arabesque artificial assemble assiduous awe inspiring awe-inspiring awful babylonian balled up barbaric baroque beautify build busy

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Verb(3 words)

work out absolve complicate

Adjective(1 words)

busy

Strong matches (77)

Related words (128)

interpret intricate involuted involve involved knotted knotty labor labored labyrinthian labyrinthine linger load with ornament loused up lush luxurious magnificent majestic make make up

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mannered manufacture many-faceted marinistic matted mature maximize mazy meandering messed up mixed up mold moresque mould moulder mouldy mucked up multifarious noble operose ornament ornate ostentatious overcharge overdone overelaborate overelegant overlabored overlay overload overnice overrefined overworked overwrought painstaking palatial particularize patch together perfect perplexed picturesque piece together plush polish posh precieuse precieux precious prefabricate prepare pretentious pretty-pretty princely produce proud put together put up raise ramified rear refine rehearse in extenso relate at large rich ripen ritzy rococo roundabout run up screwed up season sedulous set up shape showy snarled sophisticated spell out splendacious splendid splendiferous stately studied subtle sumptuous superb superfancy superfine swank swanky swell tangled tangly thorough thoroughgoing trick out twisted unfold unnatural varnish whomp up work out write

Verb(4 words)

lucubrate rarify refine upsolve

Adjective(1 words)

luxuriant

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

11 entries

alter change clarify clear up create develop elucidate make make grow modify produce

Synonyms

3 entries

complicate elaborated luxuriant

derived

11 entries

elaborated sap elaborately elaborateness elaborater elaboration elaborator inelaborate overelaborate superelaborate unelaborate

etymologically related_to

3 entries

e elaboratus labour

manner of

3 entries

clarify develop produce

related to

7 entries

complex detailed fancy flashy intricate showy sophisticated

similar

4 entries

careful fancy work out work up

Translations

94 translations across 29 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

مُفَصَّل adj (detailed)

Armenian

1 entries

մանրամասնել verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изкусен adj (flashy or fancy)
подробен adj (detailed)
сложен adj (detailed)
доразвивам verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Catalan

1 entries

aprofundir verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

复杂 adj (detailed)
详尽 adj (detailed)

Czech

3 entries

rozpracovat verb (to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out)
rozpracovat verb (to give further detail or explanation)
rozvést verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Danish

1 entries

detaljeret adj (detailed)

Dutch

4 entries

diepgaand adj (detailed)
gedetailleerd adj (detailed)
intrigerend adj (flashy or fancy)
uitweiden verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Estonian

4 entries

detailne adj (detailed)
rikkalik adj (flashy or fancy)
üksikasjalik adj (detailed)
viimistlema verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Finnish

4 entries

huoliteltu adj (flashy or fancy)
perusteellinen adj (detailed)
taidokas adj (flashy or fancy)
yksityiskohtainen adj (detailed)

French

2 entries

approfondir verb (to give further detail or explanation)
élaborer verb (to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out)

Galician

1 entries

detallado adj (detailed)

German

4 entries

ausführlich adj (detailed)
durchdacht adj (detailed)
ausarbeiten verb (to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out)
ausführen verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Greek

1 entries

εμβαθύνω verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Hindi

2 entries

विस्तृत adj (detailed)
विस्तृत verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Hungarian

4 entries

alaposan kidolgozott adj (detailed)
mélyreható adj (detailed)
kidolgoz verb (to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out)
kifejt verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Icelandic

1 entries

ítarlegur adj (detailed)

Italian

4 entries

dettagliato adj (detailed)
elaborato adj (detailed)
intricato adj (flashy or fancy)
approfondire verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Kazakh

2 entries

дамыту verb (to give further detail or explanation)
тәптіштеу verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Manx

1 entries

yl-chast adj (detailed)

Persian

1 entries

شرح دادن verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Polish

2 entries

drobiazgowy adj (detailed)
rozwinąć verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Portuguese

3 entries

detalhado adj (detailed)
elaborado adj (flashy or fancy)
argumentar verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Russian

4 entries

доскона́льный adj (detailed)
замыслова́тый adj (flashy or fancy)
иску́сный adj (flashy or fancy)
подро́бный adj (detailed)

Spanish

4 entries

detallado adj (detailed)
elaborado adj (detailed)
ahondar verb (to give further detail or explanation)
argumentar verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Swedish

3 entries

detaljerad adj (detailed)
elaborera verb (to give further detail or explanation)
utveckla verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Thai

2 entries

ขยาย verb (to give further detail or explanation)
ขยายความ verb (to give further detail or explanation)

Turkish

4 entries

ayrıntılı adj (detailed)
detaylı adj (detailed)
mufassal adj (detailed)
tafsilatlı adj (detailed)

Ukrainian

2 entries

розроби́ти verb (to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out)
розробля́ти verb (to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Let's take time out to elaborate a strategy.

Source: tatoeba (41129)

Well, I clean the rooms, do the laundry, or cook an elaborate supper.

Source: tatoeba (51126)

Some species gradually develop elaborate repertoires of dozens or even hundreds of variants of a basic song.

Source: tatoeba (66553)

America has an elaborate system of constitutional checks and balances.

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