Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with elaborate in American Collocation
elaborate
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ɪˈlæb(ə)rət/
very
extremely
highly
very
Its language is highly elaborate, full of puns and other wordplay.
rather
fairly
quite
rather
somewhat
It seems a rather elaborate way of saying something that is basically very simple.
too
over
too
The presentation is elegant rather than over elaborate.
trick
charade
hoax
joke
plot
scam
scheme
At first I thought that it was an elaborate hoax.
ritual
ceremony
ritual
The male fruit fly has an elaborate courtship ritual.
decoration
decoration
design
ornamentation
pattern
All the carvings were two dimensional designs with little elaborate decoration.