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, nascent, 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