elaborate synonyms

elaborate

modif.

  1. Ornamented

    ornate, gaudy, decorated, garnished, showy, ostentatious, imposing, intricate, fussy, dressy, fancy, elegant, embellished, extravagant, refined, beautified, festooned, spangled, flowery, bedecked, flashy, baroque, rococo; see also ornate 1.

    Antonyms plain, ordinary, austere.

  2. Detailed

    complicated, extensive, laborious, minute, widely developed, intricate, involved, highly organized, many-faceted, complex, convoluted, painstaking, studied, labored; see also complex 1, 2, detailed.

    Antonyms simple, general*, careless.

elaborate

v.

work out, develop, refine, embellish; see develop 1.

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