ELABORATE Antonyms

• pertaining to or constituting a base or basis

• (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

• a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality

• serving as a base or starting point

• of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

• a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

• a condensed written summary or abstract

• of short duration or distance

• concise and succinct

• (of clothing) very short

• give essential information to someone

• expressing much in few words

• the least possible

• marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

• not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

• not large but sufficient in size or amount

• free from pomp or affectation

• low or inferior in station or quality

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

• a judge of a probate court

• the expected or commonplace condition or situation

• a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

• an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

• (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• being or involving basic facts or principles

• being in the earliest stages of development

• not fully developed in mature animals

• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• clean across

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached

• so as to interrupt

• at a disadvantage

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• quickly and without warning

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• lacking foresight or scope

• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money

• create a short circuit in

• having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

• (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

• any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

• a person lacking intelligence or common sense

• easy and not involved or complicated

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

• lacking mental capacity and subtlety

• unornamented

• free from ambiguity

• without evasion or compromise

• without concealment or deception; honest

• pointed directly ahead

• briefly giving the gist of something

• brief and to the point; effectively cut short

• not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

• lacking complexity

• easy and not involved or complicated

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking pretension or affectation

• not ostentatious

• exhibiting restrained good taste

• not having a coating of stain or varnish

• free from any effort to soften to disguise