inceptive

inceptive

adjective

Definition of INCEPTIVE

beginning to come into existence <only just recently gained an inceptive understanding of the overwhelming vastness of the universe>

Synonyms aborning, budding, inceptive, inchoate, incipient

Related Words first, formative, inaugural, inchoative, initial, original; elementary, embryonic, fundamental, rudimentary; formless, incoherent; introductory, preliminary, preparatory; crude, primitive, rude

Near Antonyms advanced, developed, evolved, high, higher, improved, refined

Antonyms adult, full-blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe, ripened