Definitions

nascent

[nas-uhnt, ney-suhnt] / ˈnæs ənt, ˈneɪ sənt /

ADJECTIVE

budding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burgeoning fledgling growing incipient promising

STRONG

beginning blossoming germinal germinating maturing opening potential pullulating sprouting vegetating young

WEAK

bursting forth embryonic fresh pubescent shooting up

Antonyms

WEAK

dying shrinking withering

ADJECTIVE

inceptive

Synonyms

WEAK

antecedent basic commencing earliest early elementary embryonic first foremost fundamental germinal headmost inaugural inchoate incipient infant initial initiative initiatory introductory leading leadoff opening original pioneer virgin

ADJECTIVE

inchoate

Synonyms

WEAK

amorphous elementary embryonic formless immature imperfect inceptive incipient just begun preliminary rudimentary shapeless unfinished unformed unshaped

Antonyms

WEAK

developed grown mature

ADJECTIVE

incipient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

embryonic

WEAK

basic beginning commencing elementary fundamental inceptive inchoate initial initiative initiatory introductory originating start

Antonyms

WEAK

developed grown mature

ADJECTIVE

infant/infantile

Synonyms

WEAK

baby babyish callow childish childlike developing early emergent green growing immature infantine initial juvenile kid naive newborn puerile tender unfledged unripe weak youthful

Antonyms

WEAK

adult grown-up mature

ADJECTIVE

initial

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basic introductory original

STRONG

antecedent commencing first fundamental germinal inaugural infant initiative leading opening pioneer virgin

WEAK

earliest early elementary embryonic foremost headmost inceptive inchoate incipient initiatory

Antonyms

STRONG

following last subordinate

WEAK

closing final

ADJECTIVE

initiatory

Synonyms

WEAK

antecedent basic commencing earliest early elementary embryonic first foremost fundamental germinal headmost inaugural inceptive inchoate incipient infant initial initiative introductory leading leadoff opening original pioneer virgin

ADJECTIVE

underdeveloped

Synonyms

STRONGEST

embryonic undeveloped

WEAK

immature inchoate rudimentary

Antonyms

WEAK

developed

Example Sentences

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TAE is one of the oldest—and most prominent—companies working in the relatively nascent field of commercial nuclear fusion.

From The Wall Street Journal

"A quantum internet is a very different beast from current nascent cryptographic applications. It's the same primary mechanism but you need significantly more photons -- more bandwidth -- to connect quantum computers," said Professor Devitt.

From Science Daily

Tesla trades for roughly 200 times estimated 2026 earnings because investors expect explosive earnings growth from its nascent AI business.

From Barron's

Under current practice a nascent nonprofit and its more established sponsor can maintain this relationship indefinitely.

From The Wall Street Journal

nascent

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