Synonyms for incipient
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
Related words
- Word family
- inception incipience incipiency
Example sentences
- beginning Will we be in time for the beginning of the party?
- initial After several appeals, the initial decision stood.
- nascent The nascent VR industry is still having trouble breaking into the mainstream.
- inchoate The definition is inchoate, and thus it must be interpreted.
By length
- 7 letters
- initial3, nascent2
- 8 letters
- emerging3, inchoate3
- 9 letters
- beginning3, primitive3, embryonic4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (initial3 = 3 syllables).