expatiate

Verb

Meaning

To range at large, or without restraint.

To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.

To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

expand elaborate enlarge expound dilate lucubrate flesh out exposit ramble develop speak explain talk discuss lecture
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Antonyms

hark attend abbreviate epitomize boil down be quiet
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Hypernyms

clarify elucidate clear up

Hyponyms

instance detail specify illustrate specialize exemplify

Phrases with the word

expatiate on

Derivatives

expatiated expariating

Examples

A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot, like the poet or historian, expatiate. Joshua Reynolds

Awake my St John Leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us, since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die, Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man A mighty maze but not without a. Alexander Pope

She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation Source: Internet

This view might well be admitted by Gibbon himself: "But it is not my intention to expatiate with the same minuteness on the whole series of the Byzantine history." Source: Internet

It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

expansure expartner expat expatiate on expatiating expatiatingly