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Synonyms for early
ˈɜr liear·ly
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Wiktionary
earlyadjective
Synonyms:
prematurely, premature, firstearlyadjective
At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.
Synonyms:
first, premature, prematurelyearlyadjective
Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time.
Antonyms:
lateearlyadjective
Near the start or beginning.
Antonyms:
late
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
earlyadjective
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
"early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
Synonyms:
former(a), early(a), other(a)Antonyms:
New, latish, present(a), late, future, advanced(a), ripe, after-hours, Modern, advanced, posthumous, mid(a), past, intervening, old, middle, later(a), tardive, tardily, belatedlyearlyadjective
being or occurring at an early stage of development
"in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
Synonyms:
former(a), early(a), other(a)Antonyms:
past, present(a), middle, New, mid(a), posthumous, advanced(a), late, future, tardive, ripe, latish, advanced, Modern, intervening, later(a), old, after-hours, belatedly, tardilyearly(a), former(a), other(a)adjective
belonging to the distant past
"the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
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ripe, advanced, future, advanced(a), intervening, present(a), late, mid(a), middle, posthumous, old, New, latish, Modern, later(a), past, tardive, after-hours, tardily, belatedlyearlyadjective
very young
"at an early age"
Synonyms:
former(a), early(a), other(a)Antonyms:
middle, New, after-hours, ripe, latish, mid(a), past, old, advanced(a), tardive, late, advanced, present(a), Modern, future, intervening, later(a), posthumous, belatedly, tardilyearlyadjective
of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
"the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"
Synonyms:
former(a), early(a), other(a)Antonyms:
advanced, posthumous, mid(a), New, old, present(a), late, latish, advanced(a), Modern, future, ripe, middle, tardive, after-hours, intervening, later(a), past, tardily, belatedlyearlyadverb
expected in the near future
"look for an early end to the negotiations"
Synonyms:
former(a), early(a), other(a)Antonyms:
middle, later(a), old, advanced(a), late, present(a), latish, mid(a), tardive, after-hours, New, past, posthumous, intervening, advanced, ripe, future, Modern, belatedly, tardilyearly on, earlyadverb
during an early stage
"early on in her career"
Synonyms:
betimes, early on, too soon, ahead of timeAntonyms:
later(a), old, late, present(a), after-hours, future, New, ripe, latish, middle, mid(a), advanced, Modern, advanced(a), past, posthumous, intervening, tardive, tardily, belatedlyearly, ahead of time, too soonadverb
before the usual time or the time expected
"she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"
Synonyms:
betimes, early on, ahead of time, too soonAntonyms:
New, future, Modern, later(a), tardive, middle, advanced(a), mid(a), present(a), advanced, late, ripe, past, latish, after-hours, old, posthumous, intervening, tardily, belatedlyearly, betimesadverb
in good time
"he awoke betimes that morning"
Synonyms:
betimes, early on, ahead of time, too soonAntonyms:
New, later(a), mid(a), advanced, latish, past, middle, intervening, Modern, ripe, late, present(a), old, posthumous, after-hours, advanced(a), future, tardive, belatedly, tardily
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
earlyadjective
Synonyms:
timely, seasonable, in season, not lateearlyadjective
earlyadjective
Synonyms:
at dawn, at day-break, at the opening of dayearlyadjective
Synonyms:
soon, betimes, seasonably, in good season, in good time
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
earlyadjective
Synonyms:
seasonable, timely, forehanded, premature
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "early":
beginning, earlier, soon, sooner, premature, first, rapid, precocious, principles, initial, start, prompt, quickly, rapidly, prematurely, quick, speedy, commencement, onset, advance, korai, timely, fast, promptly, preliminary, dawn, anticipated, swift, young, expeditious, expeditiously, initially
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#801 | early | |
#852 | fast | |
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#1052 | soon | |
#1403 | forward | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#1837 | advance | |
#1970 | initial | |
#2018 | quickly | |
#2364 | earlier | |
#2559 | principles | |
#3809 | rapid | |
#5048 | preliminary | |
#5334 | dawn | |
#5427 | rapidly | |
#5799 | initially | |
#6362 | timely | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#7260 | shortly | |
#7437 | anticipated | |
#9077 | swift | |
#9668 | promptly | |
#10479 | sooner | |
#11293 | commencement | |
#11826 | onset | |
#12289 | premature | |
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#16238 | anon | |
#21275 | beforehand | |
#32521 | prematurely | |
#44884 | expeditious | |
#49177 | expeditiously | |
#56011 | precocious | |
#200126 | betimes |
How to use early in a sentence?
Pretty early on when I realized I was lost I came to grasp with the possibility of me dying and actually came quite to peace with it and was not too worried, [It] felt like of all the places to die, the Bitterroot Wilderness is the place to do it. But, remembering the promise that I had made to Arden, that I would come home safe and take care of that baby, my mind switched and it was survival mode for the next 5 days after that. The focus was just getting home no matter what.
This is for the love of football, enjoy. Jones D.C. Defenders beat the Seattle Dragons 31-19 Saturday afternoon in the opener of the new XFL that provided plenty of entertainment in person and on TV. Its far too early to tell if the XFL can take a foothold where its previous incarnation and the recently unsuccessful Alliance of American Football failed, but executives are willing to wait and see. XFL COMMISH SAYS LEAGUE NEVER REALLY CONSIDERED COLIN KAEPERNICK, MORE EXCITED TO SEE CARDALE JONES For us, if the fans who attend and watch at home feel as though it was a good football game and they had a fun time either watching or being in this awesome venue with us, thats success, XFL chief operating officer Jeffrey Pollack said. Were taking a long term view in this. Success ultimately will not be measured in the first game or the first weekend or the first season.
Once you get on that train towards elevated weight gain, it's really hard to turn it around, so prevention of overweight and obesity really early on are so important.
The logistics are not ideal, the notion of going there early, I'm going to make it a priority. How it looks, I don't know.
Fiscal 4Q earnings will lack visibility on new iPhone 12 demand that we've had in the past but I'd fully expect guidance to provide early color, guidance will be more closely scrutinized than the Q4 earnings themselves.
Translations for early
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- vroeëAfrikaans
- مُبَكِّرًا, باكرArabic
- erkənAzerbaijani
- рана, ранніBelarusian
- рано, ранен, преждевремененBulgarian
- আশুBengali
- abredBreton
- aviat, d'horaCatalan, Valencian
- brzy, časný, raný, časněCzech
- plygeinwaith, yn fore, cynnarWelsh
- tidligDanish
- früh, verfrüht, frühzeitigGerman
- νωρίςGreek
- frua, frueEsperanto
- primero, temprano, prematuro, precozSpanish
- vara, varajaneEstonian
- goizikBasque
- زودPersian
- varhainen, varhain, ajoissa, aikainen, aikaisin, ennenaikainen, [[hyväFinnish
- árla, snimmaFaroese
- de bonne heure, ancien, tôt, avanceFrench
- ierWestern Frisian
- luath, mochIrish
- tràthailScottish Gaelic
- cedoGalician
- מוּקדָםHebrew
- शीघ्र, जल्दी, सवेरेHindi
- korán, koraiHungarian
- վաղArmenian
- diniIndonesian
- frueIdo
- snemmaIcelandic
- presto, iniziale, anticipato, precoce, anticipata, primo, anticipoItalian
- 初期, 早い, 早期Japanese
- ადრეული, ადრეGeorgian
- ертеKazakh
- មុនម៉ោងKhmer
- ಬೇಗKannada
- 이르다, 빨리, 빠르다, 일찍Korean
- زووKurdish
- эртеKyrgyz
- praecox, matutinusLatin
- fréiLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ເຊົ້າLao
- ankstyvas, anksti, ankstusLithuanian
- agri, agrsLatvian
- moataMāori
- ранен, раноMacedonian
- эртнийMongolian
- စောBurmese
- tidligNorwegian
- vroegDutch
- tidligNorwegian
- początkowy, wczesny, wcześniePolish
- cedo, inicial, adiantado, precocePortuguese
- devreme, timpuriuRomanian
- ранний, раноRussian
- rano, рани, rani, раноSerbo-Croatian
- včas, skoro, zavčasu, raný, čoskoro, včasnýSlovak
- zgódaj, zgodenSlovene
- i hershëmAlbanian
- tidig, tidigtSwedish
- mapemaSwahili
- барвақтTajik
- แต่วัน, เนิ่น, เนิ่นๆThai
- irki, irTurkmen
- erkenTurkish
- рано, завчасно, завчасний, раннійUkrainian
- جلدیUrdu
- ertaUzbek
- ban đầu, sớm, đầu mùaVietnamese
- gölo, gölik, gölikoVolapük
- timpe, di boune eure, toitWalloon
- פֿרי, באלדיקYiddish
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