inchoate

1. 1.

   only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

   “incipient civil disorder”

   “an incipient tumor”

   “a vague inchoate idea”

   Synonymsincipient

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Questions about inchoate

What does inchoate mean?

inchoate means "only partly in existence; imperfectly formed".

How many syllables are in inchoate?

inchoate has 3 syllables: in-cho-ate. The stress falls on "cho". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkoʊət/.

What is another word for inchoate?

Close synonyms include incipient. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.