nascent

/ˈneɪsənt/

/ˈnæsənt/

The adjective nascent describes the birth or beginning of something, like a civilization, a trend, an idea, or an action. If your idea for a time machine is nascent, it needs a lot more work before you'll be ready to travel to ancient Egypt.

Imagine you’re in the future looking back at the first time you learned the definition of the word nascent. Your nascent efforts to use the word felt awkward, but you quickly felt comfortable with it, especially after you learned how to pronounce it: “NAY-sent.” Now you use the word all the time!

Definitions of nascent

1. adjective

   being born or beginning
   “the nascent chicks”

   “a nascent insurgency”

   synonyms:

   emergent, emerging

   coming into existence

   dissilient

   bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels

   parturient

   giving birth

   antonyms:

   dying

   in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

   moribund

   being on the point of death; breathing your last

   last

   occurring at the time of death