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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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With each passing month, the book club became more elaborate and more involved — including vacations in coastal towns, costuming, pickleball tournaments and monogrammed custom merch.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 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

But as rewards programs have become more elaborate, interchange fees alone aren’t enough to cover the costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Documents released under the National Archives of Ireland in Dublin show that, before the trip was cancelled, the agenda for the visit had become "rather more elaborate" than initially thought.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

I've seen more elaborate pyrotechnics at the grand openings of grocery stores, but the audience was kind and everyone made an effort to pretend that the display was magnificent.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris