EMBRYONIC Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

embryonic

adjective

Definition of embryonic

as in infant

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Recent Examples of embryonic This is a consequence of his not having developed beyond the embryonic stage, socially. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026 Still, despite the breakneck pace at which large language models and agentic AI are evolving, AI devices are still in the embryonic stage and very much undefined—a fact that may play to Ive’s strengths. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 22 July 2026 In the late 1990s and early 2000s, debates over human embryonic stem cell research drew national attention to what happens to embryos that remain after IVF. — Risa Cromer, The Conversation, 17 July 2026 As that cell divides, embryonic stem cells give rise to the trillions of specialized cells that form the body’s organs and tissues. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for embryonic

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Adjective

The program is linked to a 32% drop in infant maltreatment reports, which represents a massive prevention of child welfare involvement.

— Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Having been born just six weeks prior, on June 21, the infant heir was christened Prince William Arthur Philip Louis by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of infant

Adjective

Over nearly two centuries in trade, the company has dealt in germinal francs, Poincaré francs, de Gaulle francs, and euros, always remaining family-owned.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.

— Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025

Definition of germinal

Adjective

Buckwalter, a research psychologist, became quadriplegic after a teenage diving accident and uses a wheelchair.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The star’s latest real estate move comes in the midst of a tense legal battle with her ex-husband, French actor Olivier Martinez, over the custody of their teenage son.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of teenage

Adjective

For the dodo, the researchers will first harvest primordial germ cells (PGCs)—nascent cells that give rise to eggs and sperm—from the nicobar pigeon, the dodo’s closest living relative.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
This would have been a primordial black hole (PBH), a hypothesized object formed in the universe’s earliest moments.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of primordial

Adjective

Video on social media showed distressed shopkeepers begging young men to stop stealing their inventory—and those young men pushing them aside to grab shoes and food from their shelves.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Such laws would require third-party audits of social media algorithms to identify any harmful patterns, such as serving eating-disorder content to young girls more than to other groups.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of young

Adjective

Within weeks of the CEO change, however, the budding bromance was officially dead.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Following the characters’ daily lives as tweens, the series shows us a much more vulnerable Angelica (Cheryl Chase), and a not-so-bald Tommy’s (Elizabeth Daily) imagination evolving into a budding filmmaking career.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026

Definition of budding

Adjective

During a recent visit to Ceuta, The Associated Press found many underage migrants still living on the streets.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Officers will closely watch bars and bartenders who serve underage patrons, and monitor overcrowding and parking-lot parties.

— Bri Buckley, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

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