Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for inchoate

Synonyms for inchoate

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-koh-it, -eyt or, esp. British, in-koh-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkoʊ ɪt, -eɪt or, esp. British, ˈɪn koʊˌeɪt

Top 10 synonyms for inchoate
Other synonyms for the word inchoate

Définition of inchoate

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare, alteration of incohare "to begin," originally "to hitch up," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + cohum "strap fastened to the oxen's yoke." Related: Inchoative.
  • adj undeveloped, beginning
Example sentences :
  • With obliterating unconcern, she reduced them to the fluidity of the inchoate.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Some of our critics in reviewing the original work have pronounced it 'inchoate.'
  • Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross
  • It is, as you may choose to call it, an inchoate poem or the débris of a poem.
  • Extract from : « Poetry for Poetry's Sake » by A. C. Bradley
  • The liability to contribute is inchoate only when the sacrifice has been made.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 » by Various
  • He somewhere, however, calls Gregorian an "inchoate science."
  • Extract from : « Cardinal Newman as a Musician » by Edward Bellasis
  • It may be well to relate how we do it, for the benefit of other inchoate Goths.
  • Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • The fourth character he imagined to be an inchoate or attempted Swastika.
  • Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson
  • Fig. 80 also illustrates the indefinite and inchoate style of decoration.
  • Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson
  • What inchoate corollary statement was consequently suppressed by the host?
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • Nevertheless the jurisprudential element is still but inchoate.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

Antonyms for inchoate

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019