inchoate

inchoate

adjective

Definition of INCHOATE

beginning to come into existence <inchoate feelings of affection for a man whom she had, up till now, thought of as only a friend>

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