unborn
Still in utero
Unborn describes a baby or child that has not yet been born, still developing in the womb.
It appears frequently in discussions of pregnancy and reproductive rights: the health of the unborn child, rights of the unborn.
The term can also describe things that do not yet exist but may come into being: generations yet unborn.
As a noun, the unborn refers collectively to fetuses or future people who have not yet come into existence.
Gestating offspring
- embryoOrganism before birth
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- blastocystEarly developmental stage before implantation
- prenatalBefore birth
fetal · amniotic · placenta · umbilical · womb · intrauterine · trimester · gestation
Time still to come
- unrealizedNot made actual
- latentPresent but inactive
- dormantInactive but capable
- untappedNot yet utilized
promise · possibility · undeveloped · unexpressed · nascent · budding · emerging · implicit
Those who come after
- posterityFuture generations collectively
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- heirsThose who inherit
successors · future generations · lineage · legacy · children · grandchildren
Innermost animating essence
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- preexistenceBeing before current form
- limboState of uncertain waiting
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
rebirth · karma · transmigration · afterlife · spirit
fetus
Gestating offspring
- embryoOrganism before birth
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- blastocystEarly developmental stage before implantation
prenatal · fetal · amniotic · placenta · umbilical · womb · intrauterine · trimester · gestation · gestational
future
Time still to come
- unrealizedNot made actual
- latentPresent but inactive
- dormantInactive but capable
untapped · promise · possibility · undeveloped · unexpressed · nascent · budding · emerging · implicit · hidden
descendants
Those who come after
- posterityFuture generations collectively
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
heirs · successors · future generations · lineage · legacy · children · grandchildren
soul
Innermost animating essence
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- preexistenceBeing before current form
- limboState of uncertain waiting
incarnation · rebirth · karma · transmigration · afterlife · spirit
- futureforthcoming, upcoming, coming, impending, imminent
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
- Reproductive Rightsabortion law, abortion ban, reproductive autonomy, bodily autonomy, right to choose
- Nondualitynonduality, oneness, Advaita, Brahman, atman
- unexpressedunspoken, unstated, unuttered, suppressed, implicit