elaboration

elaboration

noun

Definition of ELABORATION

1

the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced <the elaboration of the Internet from an exclusive computer network into a worldwide communications network of colossal proportions>

Synonyms elaboration, evolution, expansion, growth, progress, progression

Related Words advancement, betterment, improvement, perfection, refinement; incubation, maturation, maturing, ripening; blossoming, flourishing, flowering; addition, augmentation, enhancement, supplementation; emergence, evolvement, metamorphosis

Near Antonyms backslide, lapse, relapse; decadence, decay, decaying, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, deterioration, devaluation, downfall, downgrade, ebbing, falling, weakening

Antonyms regress, regression, retrogression, reversion

2

the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts <the eyewitness was deemed unreliable because of his obvious elaboration of what he had actually seen>

Synonyms caricature, coloring, elaboration, embellishment, embroidering, embroidery, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching

Related Words amplification, enhancement; fabrication, misrepresentation; fudging, hedging; hype, puffery; superlative

Near Antonyms belittlement, disparagement, minimizing, poor-mouthing

Antonyms meiosis, understatement