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Antonyms for early
ˈɜr liear·ly

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. earlyadjective

    Antonyms:
    late, tardily

    Synonyms:
    prematurely, premature, first

  2. earlyadjective

    At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

    We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.

    Antonyms:
    late, tardily

    Synonyms:
    first, premature, prematurely

  3. earlyadjective

    Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time.

    Antonyms:
    late

    Synonyms:
    first, premature

  4. earlyadjective

    Near the start or beginning.

    Synonyms:
    premature, first

    Antonyms:
    late

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. early

    Antonyms:
    late, tardily, backward, vespertinal, belated

    Synonyms:
    soon, betimes, forward, shortly, quickly, ere long, anon, matutinal, beforehand

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. 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"

    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, belatedly

    Synonyms:
    former(a), early(a), other(a)

  2. earlyadjective

    being or occurring at an early stage of development

    "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"

    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, tardily

    Synonyms:
    former(a), early(a), other(a)

  3. early(a), former(a), other(a)adjective

    belonging to the distant past

    "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"

    Antonyms:
    ripe, advanced, future, advanced(a), intervening, present(a), late, mid(a), middle, posthumous, old, New, latish, Modern, later(a), past, tardive, after-hours, tardily, belatedly

  4. earlyadjective

    very young

    "at an early age"

    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, tardily

    Synonyms:
    former(a), early(a), other(a)

  5. earlyadjective

    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"

    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, belatedly

    Synonyms:
    former(a), early(a), other(a)

  6. earlyadverb

    expected in the near future

    "look for an early end to the negotiations"

    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, tardily

    Synonyms:
    former(a), early(a), other(a)

  7. early on, earlyadverb

    during an early stage

    "early on in her career"

    Antonyms:
    later(a), old, late, present(a), after-hours, future, New, ripe, latish, middle, mid(a), advanced, Modern, advanced(a), past, posthumous, intervening, tardive, tardily, belatedly

    Synonyms:
    betimes, early on, too soon, ahead of time

  8. early, ahead of time, too soonadverb

    before the usual time or the time expected

    "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"

    Antonyms:
    New, future, Modern, later(a), tardive, middle, advanced(a), mid(a), present(a), advanced, late, ripe, past, latish, after-hours, old, posthumous, intervening, tardily, belatedly

    Synonyms:
    betimes, early on, ahead of time, too soon

  9. early, betimesadverb

    in good time

    "he awoke betimes that morning"

    Antonyms:
    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

    Synonyms:
    betimes, early on, ahead of time, too soon

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. earlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    seasonable, timely, forehanded, premature

How to use early in a sentence?

  1. Chuck Schumer:

    We've made very good progress and I'm very hopeful we can come to an agreement tonight or early tomorrow morning.

  2. Mick Fleetwood:

    The new book is a pictorial book, which stays very much focused on the beginnings of Fleetwood Mac -- 1967 thought the next eight years -- and it's very much regarding what drove us as young musicians, which was blues, it's really a journey that chronicles all of those early years that are mostly unknown in America.

  3. Martin Yangirelmar:

    We teach them traditional skills at an early age so at least they'll remember their heritage when they've left, all these children will go to the larger Yap Island to study, staying with relatives and then eventually traveling further away in the future for work once they get a taste of Western culture.

  4. Helima Croft:

    They are playing catch-up, the early warning system for the Joe Biden.Oil administration was not commensurate with that of the Trump administration. They may not have realized how potentially consequential that OPEC meeting was.

  5. Robert Redfield:

    That includes early case identification, isolating people who are sick and tracing those that the person has come into contact with while they were contagious, we don't have to go through the serious mitigation steps that we're taking to get us under control.

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