elaborates

VERB

make detailed; expand

Synonyms

STRONG

amplify bedeck clarify comment complicate deck decorate develop devise discuss embellish enhance enlarge evolve expatiate explain expound garnish improve interpret ornament particularize polish produce refine specify unfold

WEAK

flesh out work out

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge block compress condense confuse curtail damage decrease deface diminish dirty halt harm hurt lessen lower reduce ruin spoil stop worsen

WEAK

make simple simplify

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elaborates

“It’s about our experience as being in the Armenian diaspora and exploring what that means to us,” McCreary elaborates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Scanning the room, largely full of teenagers, she elaborates on her last point.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Here he elaborates, line by lyrical line, on an eloquent poem about social justice by Nikky Finney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Whereas brat was about being loud and messy, demure is about being classy, considerate and, as Lebron elaborates, authentic.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2024

The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas