ELABORATED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in enlarged

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verb

past tense of elaborate

as in evolved

to gradually become clearer or more detailed as mankind's understanding of the universe has elaborated

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In opening statements, prosecutors elaborated on that claim, saying Weinberg also traded on stories and pictures of his three children, presenting himself as a loving father looking for an outlet for his creative passion as an amateur shutterbug. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 In April 2025, Braxton Keith stopped a show to admonish fans for tossing beer and elaborated on the issue during an appearance on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026 Woody elaborated on his feelings about his father’s conviction in a 1997 interview with Barbara Walters. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba elaborated on her Giada De Laurentiis critiques beyond the show’s new one-word review rule. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 Andrew Zimmer, PhD, a geospatial scientist at ORNL, elaborated that buildings are used to identify what is essentially a demographic fingerprint. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 Xi’s answer, offered in 2021 and elaborated since, is the party’s self-revolution. — Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026 In a previous interview with People on July 29, the Queen of Country Pop elaborated on missing the ceremony. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 10 Sep. 2026 In a separate tweet thread, Coxon elaborated on his motivation. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for elaborated

Adjective

His family later said his death was due to an enlarged heart coupled with aortic valve complications.

— Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
According to the Mayo Clinic, finasteride is a prescription medication used to treat hair loss in men and an enlarged prostate.

— James Powel, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of enlarged

Verb

Fortunately for Anderson and countless others, the landscape around hepatitis C quickly evolved.

— Philip A. Chan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
During the 20th century the trench coat and Burberry check evolved from functional design elements into enduring fashion symbols.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of evolved

Adjective

This feed-in jumbo braid updo on Teyonah Parris is achieved by adding a lot of pre-stretched braiding hair when creating the cornrows.

— Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 19 July 2026
But the case shapes alone tell you Samsung isn’t treating the Wide as a stretched version of the Ultra.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of stretched

Adjective

The more exaggerated interpretations, with oversized collars that swallow the chin or heavy embellishment, are the ones most at risk of looking dated once the search curve bends.

— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Digger is, first and foremost, a parable—without spoiling the plot, its events are intentionally exaggerated to make a point about humans and climate change.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of exaggerated

Verb

And indeed, no patients with undetectable ctDNA before endocrine therapy progressed.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
The show has also progressed from a solely in-person experience to one with main-stage panels that are streamed live for fans around the world via YouTube — a move born out of the COVID-19 pandemic-era virtual cons that has stuck.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressed

Adjective

Lunar eclipses are also completely safe to view with the naked eye, or even through a pair of binoculars of a telescope, which will offer a magnified view of the moon as Earth's shadow sweeps across its cratered landscape.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
If that foreground star hosts a planet, the planet leaves ripples in the magnified light.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 6 July 2026

Definition of magnified

Verb

Their arrival brings the number of satellites developed for GHGSat to 13.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
This is a sensitive moment for Brazil's democracy Brazil emerged from military dictatorship in 1985 and has since developed into one of the world's largest democracies.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

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