Loading page
elaboration has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
“a few remarks added in amplification and defense”
the result of improving something
“he described a refinement of this technique”
a discussion that provides additional information
marked by elaborately complex detail
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for elaboration come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.