Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Elaborate

• (a.) Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
• (v. t.) To produce with labor
• (v. t.) To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.

Synonyms of Elaborate

• Lucubrate
• Expatiate
• Exposit
• Enlarge
• Flesh Out
• Expand
• Expound
• Dilate
• Complicate
• Refine
• Rarify
• Work Out
• Luxuriant
• Detailed
• Elaborated

Antonyms of Elaborate

• Contract

Homophones of Elaborate