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elaborate (on)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of elaborate (on)

1 to add to the interest of by including made-up details

  • my friend tends to elaborate on his hiking experiences, turning an ordinary walk in the woods into a hair-raising adventure
Synonyms of elaborate (on)

color, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch
Words Related to elaborate (on)

dress up, gussy up

amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out)

fudge, hedge

overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstate

emphasize, play up, stress

caricature

satirize
Near Antonyms of elaborate (on)

belittle, minimize, play down, understate

2 to express more fully and in greater detail

  • the candidate for governor refused to elaborate on how she would balance the stateʼs budget
Synonyms of elaborate (on)

amplify, develop, dilate (on or upon), enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out)
Words Related to elaborate (on)

add (to), complement, supplement

discourse, expatiate, ramble, run on
Near Antonyms of elaborate (on)

compress, contract

outline, summarize, sum up
Antonyms of elaborate (on)

abbreviate, abridge, condense, shorten

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