ELABORATION Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

elaboration

noun

as in evolution

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

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as in exaggeration

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

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Recent Examples of elaboration The pleas were brief and without much elaboration. —

Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026 McKay, who has lived in Imperial Beach for 63 years, described it without much elaboration. —

Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 The press release did not provide details on the allegations and the office did not respond to a message seeking elaboration on specific cases. —

ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026 To highlight his creative process, instead of a look book, Mabire-Larguier showcased the toile of his design on a dummy at the entrance to the studio, with pattern-marks and pins on show, all the better to signify the technique involved in its elaboration. —

Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026 Her entry was the shortest in the statement and included no elaboration. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026 Jackson acknowledged only that circumstances changed — without elaboration. —

Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026 Juicy, whole lobster served grilled or blackened is best, though the menu at this famous haunt features every possible elaboration of the dish. —

Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026 Two other things come up in the conversation that need some clarification and elaboration. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026

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Noun

For another person, having the flaws in one’s assumptions dissected before an audience of peers might have snuffed out any curiosity about human evolution.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
If states can’t experiment, consistent with our longstanding tradition of federalism, the system loses one of its primary mechanisms for regulatory evolution.

— John Cleveland, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026