INCIPIENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INCIPIENT?

Need another word that means the same as “incipient”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “incipient” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Incipient” are: inchoate, developing, impending, growing, emerging, emergent, dawning

Incipient as an Adjective

Definitions of "Incipient" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “incipient” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed.
• (of a person) developing into a specified type or role.
• Beginning to happen or develop.

Synonyms of "Incipient" as an adjective (7 Words)

dawning	Coming into existence. The dawning sky.
developing	Growing and becoming more mature, advanced, or elaborate. A developing tank.
emergent	(of a property) arising as an effect of complex causes and not analysable simply as the sum of their effects. An emergent republic.
emerging	Coming to maturity. Established and emerging artists.
growing	(of a living thing) undergoing natural development by increasing in size and changing physically. The growing concern over ozone levels.
impending	(of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming. A fortune teller with dire warnings about impending doom.
inchoate	Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary. A still inchoate democracy.

Usage Examples of "Incipient" as an adjective

• An incipient tumor.
• We seemed more like friends than incipient lovers.
• An incipient black eye.
• He could feel incipient anger building up.
• Incipient civil disorder.

Associations of "Incipient" (30 Words)

archetype	(in Jungian theory) a primitive mental image inherited from the earliest human ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious. He was the archetype of the old style football club chairman.
begin	Begin to speak or say he began. A terrible murder begins the novel.
beginning	The first part or earliest stage of something. He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations.
commence	Get off the ground. His design team commenced work.
commencement	A ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred on university or high-school students. The date of commencement.
disinclination	A certain degree of unwillingness. Lucy felt a strong disinclination to talk about her engagement.
early	During an early stage. She s in her early fifties.
emanate	Originate from; be produced by. The proposals emanated from a committee.
first	The first or highest in an ordering or series. First soprano.
germinal	In the earliest stage of development. A germinal idea.
groundbreaking	The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project. Groundbreaking research into fertility problems.
hesitancy	A certain degree of unwillingness. His hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition.
imaginative	(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action. Making imaginative use of computer software.
inception	The establishment or starting point of an institution or activity. She has been on the board since its inception two years ago.
inchoate	Confused or incoherent. A vague inchoate idea.
inchoative	An inchoative verb. Inchoative stages.
initial	Mark with one s initials. Initial consonants.
initially	At first. Initially he thought the new concept was nonsense.
intro	An introduction.
launch	Launch for the first time launch on a maiden voyage. I launched myself out of bed.
origin	Properties attributable to your ancestry. Mineral origin.
original	An original creation i e an audio recording from which copies can be made. The portrait may be a copy of the original.
originate	Come into existence; take on form or shape. The flight originates in Calcutta.
outset	The start or beginning of something. A field of which he had known nothing at the outset and learned on the job.
phase	A distinct state of matter in a system matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary. Most of your fans are going through a phase.
pioneer	Open up a road or terrain as a pioneer. The technique was pioneered by a Swiss doctor in the 1930s.
precursory	Warning of future misfortune. Precursory seismic activity.
source	Obtain from a particular source. Major sources and sinks exist for atmospheric oxygen.
start	A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game. Who started this company.
trailblazer	A person who makes a new track through wild country. He was a trailblazer for many ideas that are now standard fare.