early days
The starting period
Early days describes the beginning period of something—a project, relationship, career, or era: It's early days yet for the startup.
The phrase often implies that judgments or conclusions would be premature: The treatment shows promise, but it's early days.
More common in British than American English.
Founding moment
- genesisPoint of creation
- outsetInitial point of something
- dawnDay's first glow
- originStarting point or source
commencement · start · launch · foundation · kickoff · inauguration · threshold · advent
Commitment to act
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- unrealizedNot made actual
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- dormantInactive but capable
emerging · budding · inchoate · germinal · unfolding · preliminary · raw · untested
Recently sprouted young plant
- sproutNew plant emergence
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- developmentProgress toward maturity
nurturing · cultivation · flourishing · maturation · progression · bloom · roots · tender
Stored past experiences
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- humble beginningsUnprivileged early circumstances
- originsPoints where things start
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
founding · old times · back when · starting out · original · formative years · looking back · simpler times
inception
Founding moment
origin · commencement · start · launch · foundation · kickoff · inauguration · threshold · advent · introduction
promise
Commitment to act
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- unrealizedNot made actual
- undevelopedNot fully formed
dormant · emerging · budding · inchoate · germinal · unfolding · preliminary · raw · untested · unproven
seedling
Recently sprouted young plant
- sproutNew plant emergence
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
development · nurturing · cultivation · flourishing · maturation · progression · bloom · roots · tender · young
memories
Stored past experiences
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- humble beginningsUnprivileged early circumstances
- originsPoints where things start
roots · founding · old times · back when · starting out · original · formative years · looking back · simpler times
- youth sayingsfountain of youth, spring chicken, tender age, young at heart, forever young
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
- Sports Erasdead ball era, steroid era, pioneer era, segregation era
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember
early daysfinal days
Concluding period
last days · end times · twilight years · end of the line · closing chapter
early daysheyday
Period of peak flourishing
prime · golden age · advanced stage · zenith · full bloom
day, early, daily, days, earlier, earliest, earliness, earlyish