Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elaboration

5 senses of elaboration

Sense 1
amplification, elaboration -- (addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed")
       => expansion, expanding upon -- (adding information or detail)

Sense 2
refinement, elaboration -- (the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique")
       => improvement, betterment, advance -- (a change for the better; progress in development)

Sense 3
expansion, enlargement, elaboration -- (a discussion that provides additional information)
       => discussion, treatment, discourse -- (an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased")

Sense 4
elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution -- (marked by elaborately complex detail)
       => complexity, complexness -- (the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers")

Sense 5
elaboration, working out -- (developing in intricate and painstaking detail)
       => development -- (act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development")