'Inchoate' definitions:
Definition of 'inchoate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" [syn: incipient, inchoate]
Definition of 'Inchoate'
From: GCIDE
- Inchoate \In"cho*ate\, a. [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare to begin.] Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete. -- {In"cho*ate*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate. --Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inchoate'
From: GCIDE
- Inchoate \In"cho*ate\, v. t. To begin. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inchoate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- aimless,
- aleatoric,
- aleatory,
- amorphic,
- amorphous,
- anarchic,
- antenatal,
- autochthonous,
- baggy,
- beginning,
- blobby,
- blurred,
- blurry,
- broad,
- budding,
- capricious,
- casual,
- chance,
- chancy,
- chaotic,
- characterless,
- confused,
- creative,
- desultory,
- disarticulated,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- disjointed,
- disjunct,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- dispersed,
- disproportionate,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- erratic,
- featureless,
- fetal,
- fitful,
- foggy,
- formative,
- formless,
- foundational,
- frivolous,
- fundamental,
- fuzzy,
- general,
- gestatory,
- gratuitous,
- haphazard,
- hazy,
- hit-or-miss,
- ill-defined,
- immethodical,
- imprecise,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaccurate,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incoherent,
- incunabular,
- indecisive,
- indefinable,
- indefinite,
- indeterminable,
- indeterminate,
- indiscriminate,
- indistinct,
- inexact,
- infant,
- infantile,
- inform,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- irregular,
- kaleidoscopic,
- kindred,
- lax,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- meaningless,
- misshapen,
- misty,
- nascent,
- natal,
- nondescript,
- nonspecific,
- nonsymmetrical,
- nonsystematic,
- nonuniform,
- obscure,
- orderless,
- original,
- parturient,
- planless,
- postnatal,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- procreative,
- promiscuous,
- random,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- senseless,
- shadowed forth,
- shadowy,
- shapeless,
- spasmodic,
- sporadic,
- stochastic,
- straggling,
- straggly,
- sweeping,
- systemless,
- unarranged,
- unclassified,
- unclear,
- undefined,
- undestined,
- undetermined,
- undirected,
- ungraded,
- unjoined,
- unmethodical,
- unordered,
- unorganized,
- unplain,
- unsorted,
- unspecified,
- unsymmetrical,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- ur,
- vague,
- veiled,
- wandering