Incipient

/ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/

Synonyms for "incipient" (116 found)

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Closest matches (24)

abecedarian aboriginal antenatal autochthonous beginning budding creation creative dumpy dwarf dwarfed dwarfish elemental elementary

Noun(5 words)

awakening baby birthing dawningearly cultural revolution

Verb(1 words)

commencing

Adjective(4 words)

developing earlyearly stageearly succession

Strong matches (34)

elfin embryonic fetal formative foundational fundamental gestatoryin embryoin its infancyin the budinaugural inceptive inchoate inchoative incunabular infant infantile initial

Noun(8 words)

embarking emerging fledgeling fledglinggerminated seedgerminatinghatching processinitializing

Adjective(7 words)

embryonicembryonic developmentemergentemergent behaviorgerminal inchoate initial

Adjective(1 words)

emergent

Related words (58)

initiative initiatory introductory inventive lilliputian meager midget nanoid nascent natal original parturient postnatal pregnant prenatal primal primary prime primeval primitive

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primogenial procreative prospective pygmy rudimental rudimentary runty scraggy scrubby seminal shriveled shrunk shrunken squat stuntedtom thumbundersize undersized undeveloped ur wizened

Noun(8 words)

more emergingnascent domainrumblingseedling displayseedling stocksprouting teeoff twilight

Adjective(9 words)

nascentnascent ideapreclinical preliminary unborn unformed unripestuntransplanted seedlingyoungish

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

biological processdevelopmental stateearly stageemerging phenomenonqualifier

More specific

8 entries

incipient conflictincipient diseaseincipient inflammatory responseincipient lesionincipient outbreakincipient patternincipient reformincipient trend

Collocations

6 entries

incipient developmentincipient diseaseincipient formincipient signsincipient stageincipient trend

Inflections

2 entries

more incipientmost incipient

Derivations

2 entries

incipience incipiency

similar

1 entries

early

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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My old leg injury ached with the pressure change from the incipient storm.

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We believe we're seeing signs of incipient fascism.

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The incipient movement has a lot to prove.

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After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.

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