What does incipient mean?

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

How many syllables are in incipient?

incipient has 4 syllables: in-cip-i-ent. The stress falls on "cip". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈsɪpiənt/.

What is another word for incipient?

Close synonyms include inchoate. 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.

Is incipient a common word?

incipient is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with incipient?

2 words rhyme with incipient. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Incipient — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
“incipient civil disorder”
“an incipient tumor”
“a vague inchoate idea”
Synonymsinchoate
Similarearly

Questions about incipient

What does incipient mean?: incipient means "only partly in existence; imperfectly formed".
How many syllables are in incipient?: incipient has 4 syllables: in-cip-i-ent. The stress falls on "cip". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈsɪpiənt/.
What is another word for incipient?: Close synonyms include inchoate. 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.

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

incipient

adjective

Questions about incipient