Elaborate and Special

Elaborate

Elaborate adjective - Made or done with great care or with much detail.

Special and elaborate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Elaborate".

Special

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

Elaborate and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elaborate" instead an adjective "Special".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • I Just Want to Be Special At just about the same time, it is revealed that Locke was never really special at all, but was just being used as a pawn in an elaborate plot to get Ben to kill Jacob.
  • Anime / Excel Saga Since they're translated directly instead of trying to change them to an equivalent pun, the odds'n'ends special feature on the DVD, aside from pointing out other things of interest, spends a lot of time explaining how what Excel just said is an elaborate pun in Japanese.
  • The Secret of Long Pork Pies: Titus serves Tamora an elaborate pie that has two very special secret ingredients.
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