EMBRYONIC Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

embryonic

adjective

Definition of embryonic

as in infant

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Recent Examples of embryonic Paterson and Gower used visual references from porcupines to animal embryonic sacks. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 Some of that is owing simply to where these two teams are in their evolution, as Carolina has one of the deepest rosters in the NHL and Montreal is still only in the embryonic stages of what’s been a very impressive, quick-turn rebuild. — James Mirtle, New York Times, 26 May 2026 The oval artificial egg looks a bit like a tea infuser, with an open lid to observe embryonic development. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 May 2026 The glam factor, though, was still embryonic. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for embryonic

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Diagnosed with an infant high-grade glioma, a rare and aggressive brain tumor, Hadley was treated by the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's Hospital Colorado.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Thorsen helped lead research for the CDC studying infant disabilities, according to prosecutors.

— Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 8 May 2026

Definition of infant

Adjective

The first, and most obvious, is the growing sense of an emergent player empowerment era, one in which the line between restricted and unrestricted free agency continues to blur.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Those positions included diagnostic evaluation specialists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, ARD managers, special program directors, elementary literacy directors, special education analysts and emergent bilingual teachers.

— Samuel O’Neal Updated June 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026

Definition of emergent

Adjective

President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill.

— Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2025
Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.

— Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025

Definition of germinal

Adjective

Esposito admitted to leaving after the killing and driving to the town green to pick up his teenage daughter, per the release.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
That relatively minor problem fades into the background when he’s suddenly called back to his hometown to raise an estranged teenage daughter (Hannah Elise Adolfsen Fjeldbraaten) who doesn’t want to know him.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of teenage

Adjective

This is, Meghan O’Gieblyn argues in our June 25, 2026, issue, a distinctly parental anxiety, a primordial kind of maternal metaphor that appears over and over again in writing and interviews about AI development.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026
Ancient quasars offer glimpses into the universe in its chaotic infancy; but actually finding these primordial objects can be very difficult.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 July 2026

Definition of primordial

Adjective

Be vigilant about never leaving young children and pets in vehicles without supervision, especially during periods of intense heat, as car interiors can quickly become extremely hot.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
As the sounds of fighting increased nearby, Al-Zaharnah decided to leave with his wife and youngest son.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of young

Adjective

Following the characters’ daily lives as tweens, the series shows us a much more vulnerable Angelica (Cheryl Chase), and a not-so-bald Tommy’s (Elizabeth Daily) imagination evolving into a budding filmmaking career.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026
The camp will let budding designers explore and take the world of fashion to the next level using AI tools.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

Definition of budding

Adjective

Rush evolved from an underage covers act into an original band by woodshedding on school campuses around Toronto during its formative 1968-1974 era.

— Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
The agency said officers responded to a 911 call from maintenance workers in the morning hours of May 27 and found five people — including two underage girls — sleeping inside a vacant apartment at 730 Franklin Gateway.

— Andre Butso, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

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