Synonyms for earliest
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1. earlier, earliestadverb

   (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

   "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

   Synonyms:
   earlier

   Antonyms:
   middle, late

2. soonest, earliestadverb

   with the least delay

   "the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M."

   Synonyms:
   soonest

   Antonyms:
   middle, late

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1. List of paraphrases for "earliest":

   oldest, first, closest, nearest, shortest

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1. Robert Cole:

   On the gemstone is engraved an image of the ‘Good Shepherd,’ which is really one of the earliest symbols of Christianity.

2. Lindsay Zanno:

   As one of the earliest and oldest crocodylomorphs, Carnufex was a far cry from living crocodiles. It was an agile, terrestrial predator that hunted on land, carnufex predates the group that living crocodiles belong to.

3. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   In fact, based on the joint efforts of China and other regional countries, the South China Sea is currently one of the safest and freest shipping lanes in the world, china was the earliest to explore, name, develop and administer various South China Sea islands. Our ancestors worked diligently here for generations.

4. Colin Wilson:

   Knowing more about how and where water exists on present-day Mars is essential to understand what happened to Mars' once-abundant water, and helps our search for habitable environments, possible signs of past life, and organic materials from Mars' earliest days.

5. Bhairavi Desai:

   Drivers have been among the earliest people to be exposed to Covid, we've lost so many drivers.