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elaboration

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of elaboration

development, evolution, expansion, growth, progress, progression
Words Related to elaboration

advancement, betterment, improvement, perfection, refinement

incubation, maturation, maturing, ripening

blossoming, flourishing, flowering

addition, augmentation, enhancement, supplementation

emergence, evolvement, metamorphosis
Near Antonyms of elaboration

backslide, lapse, relapse

decadence, decay, decaying, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, deterioration, devaluation, downfall, downgrade, ebbing, falling, weakening
Antonyms of elaboration

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 of elaboration

caricature, coloring, embellishment, embroidering, embroidery, exaggeration, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching
Words Related to elaboration

amplification, enhancement

fabrication, misrepresentation

fudging, hedging

hype, puffery

superlative
Near Antonyms of elaboration

belittlement, disparagement, minimizing, poor-mouthing
Antonyms of elaboration

meiosis, understatement

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