early-stageadjective
uk/ˌɜː.liˈsteɪdʒ/us/ˌɝː.liˈsteɪdʒ/used for describing something that has only recently started to happen or develop:
early-stage dementia
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stages & phases
- beta
- early-term
- in phase/out of phase idiom
- landmark
- leg
- period
- phase
- point
- stage
- step
- stepping stone
- tertiary
- the home straight
- twilight