inceptive

beginning to come into existence only just recently gained an inceptive understanding of the overwhelming vastness of the universe Synonyms aborning, budding, nascent, inchoate, incipientRelated Words first, formative, inaugural, inchoative, initial, original; elementary, embryonic, fundamental, rudimentary; formless, incoherent; introductory, preliminary, preparatory; crude, primitive, rudeNear Antonyms advanced, developed, evolved, high, higher, improved, refinedAntonyms adult, full-blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe, ripened