Synonyms, Grades 11–12: Developing

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  1. nascent
    being born or beginning
  2. emerging
    coming into existence
  3. embryonic
    in an early stage of development
  4. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  5. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  6. formative
    capable of molding or fashioning
  7. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  8. budding
    beginning to develop
  9. callow
    young and inexperienced
  10. embryotic
    in an early stage of development
  11. aborning
    being born, or just coming into being
  12. parturient
    giving birth
  13. fledgling
    young and inexperienced
  14. inaugural
    serving to set in motion
  15. crude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  16. emergent
    coming into existence
  17. primitive
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  18. initial
    occurring at the beginning
  19. surfacing
    emerging to the surface and becoming apparent
  20. green
    not fully developed or mature; not ripe
Created on Tue Mar 10 11:31:41 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Mar 10 11:38:44 EDT 2026)

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