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more elaborate

ADJECTIVE

intricate; involved

Synonyms

STRONG

busy complicated decorated detailed embellished exact fancy garnished imposing labored ornamented overdone overworked perfected refined sophisticated studied

WEAK

careful complex elegant extensive extravagant fussy high tech highly wrought knotty labyrinthine luxurious many-faceted minute ornate ostentatious painstaking plush posh precise prodigious showy skillful thorough with all the extras with all the options with bells and whistles

Antonyms

STRONG

easy facile natural simple uncultured unrefined unsophisticated

WEAK

general normal plain regular uncomplicated unelaborate uninvolved usual

Example Sentences

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Since then her hairstyles have become more elaborate, her attire increasingly elegant and sophisticated.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

But some entrepreneurs have also identified business opportunities, including food sellers who offer hungry drivers bread and bananas, or more elaborate meals of spicy biryani rice.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

“Goon” was a little more elaborate — more players and producers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025

When some marine fish eventually adapted to life in fresh water, many also acquired a more elaborate way to hear, including middle ear bones that resemble those in humans.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

He began to make sculptures of plants, and the more elaborate he made them, the more it distracted his mind.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig