Definition for Elaboration:

• 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; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.

Synonyms for Elaboration:

• n.

  •amplification (noun)
  • boost,
  • heightening,
  • strengthening,
  • upping,
  • augmentation,
  • buildup,
  • Supplementing,
  • extension,
  • magnification,
  • lengthening,
  • deepening,
  • widening,
  • addition,
  • padding,
  • enlargement,
  • Boosting,
  • raising.
  •complexity (noun)
  • multiplicity,
  • convolution,
  • entanglement,
  • intricacy,
  • involvement,
  • complication,
  • ramification.
  •decoration (noun)
  • garnish,
  • Bedecking,
  • ornament,
  • spangle,
  • Garnishing,
  • designing,
  • illumination,
  • flourish,
  • trimming,
  • redecorating,
  • Festooning,
  • enhancement,
  • Beautifying,
  • adornment.
  •elaborateness (noun)
  • elaborateness.
  •elaboration (noun)
  • involution,
  • refinement,
  • working out,
  • comment.
  •embellishment (noun)
  • overstatement,
  • Embroidering,
  • doodad,
  • hyperbole,
  • ostentation,
  • gilding,
  • embroidery,
  • coloring.
  •exaggeration (noun)
  • yarn,
  • fabrication,
  • fish story,
  • tall story,
  • falsehood,
  • pretentiousness,
  • figure of speech,
  • baloney,
  • extravagance,
  • aggrandizement,
  • Misjudgment,
  • overestimation,
  • inflation,
  • overemphasis,
  • Hyperbolism,
  • untruth,
  • romance,
  • boasting,
  • misrepresentation,
  • fancy,
  • emphasis,
  • rant,
  • excess,
  • crock,
  • whopper,
  • tall talk,
  • caricature,
  • hogwash,
  • pretension,
  • exaltation,
  • overemphasises,
  • flight of fancy,
  • stretch,
  • fantasy.
  •finish (noun)
  • glaze,
  • appearance,
  • veneer,
  • grace,
  • cultivation,
  • burnish,
  • polish,
  • beauty,
  • culture,
  • grain,
  • lacquer,
  • surface,
  • smoothness,
  • shine,
  • perfection.
  •hyperbolism (noun)
  • hog.
  •tall talk (noun)
  • tall-talk.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • explanation.

Paraphrases for Elaboration:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    formulation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    formulation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    specifics, readies, particulars, boosts, elaborate, designing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    discuss, devising, elucidation, refinement, reformulation, deliberation, conceptualization, exposition, consideration, finalization, conception, realization, expansion, adoption, description, redaction, elaborate, precision, realisation, information, deepening, preparedness, introduction, reflection, crystallization, setting-up, initiation, crafting.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    elaborate.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    preparation, development, Formulating, design, drafting, formulate, develop, Preparing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    explanation, preparation, articulation, development, drawing-up, Formulating, wording, design, drafting, formulate, develop, presentation, Preparing.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    develop.

Antonyms for Elaboration:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    descent, devaluation, ebbing, regress, reversion, backslide, decay, degradation, meiosis, lapse, disparagement, deterioration, downgrade, relapse, regression, understatement, degeneration, decadence, decline, belittlement, weakening, falling, minimizing, degeneracy, declension, downfall, declination, retrogression.

Elaboration Sentence Examples:

• Those that add features of elaboration of the essential types and those that are highly specialized to some particular purpose within the definition of the class will stand above the essential type subclasses, while those subclasses for parts and details will stand below those for the essential types.

• A youth of this kind is raw material in its first stage of elaboration.

Hypernym for Elaboration:

• n.

  • communication
    embroidery, embellishment, expatiation.

Hyponym for Elaboration:

• n.

  • communication
    discussion, discourse, treatment.
  • event
    betterment, advance, improvement.