elaborative
Adds more detail
Elaborative describes something that elaborates—that adds detail, develops ideas, or expands on what already exists.
The term appears most often in educational and cognitive psychology: elaborative rehearsal is a memory technique that connects new information to existing knowledge, contrasting with simple repetition.
Her elaborative comments helped clarify the proposal.
Making something understandable
- expositoryServing to explain
- interpretiveExplaining meaning or significance
- illustrativeServing to explain
- explicativeServing to clarify meaning
elucidative · annotative · exegetical · glossing · disambiguating · unpacking · expanding · contextualizing
Decorated or exaggerated
- ornateElaborately decorated
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- floweryElaborately ornamental in style
overwrought · baroque · rococo · adorned · decorated · amplified · augmented · enhanced
Full of specifics
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
in-depth · nuanced · granular · specific · particular · exhaustive · painstaking · rigorous
clarifying
Making something understandable
- expositoryServing to explain
- interpretiveExplaining meaning or significance
- illustrativeServing to explain
explicative · elucidative · annotative · exegetical · glossing · disambiguating · unpacking · expanding · contextualizing · amplifying
embellished
Decorated or exaggerated
- ornateElaborately decorated
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
flowery · overwrought · baroque · rococo · adorned · decorated · amplified · augmented · enhanced · enriched
detailed
Full of specifics
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
comprehensive · in-depth · nuanced · granular · specific · particular · exhaustive · painstaking · rigorous · methodical
elaborativecondensing
Reducing in volume
summarizing · abridging · compressing · truncating · abbreviating