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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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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#474 | start | |
#571 | young | |
#801 | early | |
#852 | fast | |
#934 | quick | |
#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 | |
#14815 | speedy | |
#16238 | anon | |
#21275 | beforehand | |
#32521 | prematurely | |
#44884 | expeditious | |
#49177 | expeditiously | |
#56011 | precocious | |
#200126 | betimes |
How to use early in a sentence?
There has been a release of pent-up demand that came with a greater perception of safety and activity that is drawing inbound migration from all over the country, now with the relaxation of the Covid travel ban, we expect an uptick of international demand in the coming months. The next leg up will be early next year when corporate America comes back and people return to work in large numbers.
Since the date of the elections wasn’t changed, I decided to come early.
The Omicron variant has affected the timing of a full revenue recovery, bookings are recovering quickly after dropping off considerably in early December, though they're still not back to pre-Omicron levels.
Increasing subsidies for early childhood care will just create a new program that likely ends up benefiting middle - and upper-income families.
Huffman's lawyers argued that the sentencing guidelines in those cases were much higher and reserved for the mastermind of schemes, not mere participants. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had argued that universities and testing companies were the victims of the schemes, and the amount that parents paid should correspond to the penalties' severity.But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. Actress Felicity Huffman loved ones wrote letters of support to the judgeMacy and other loved ones submitted letters to Judge Indira Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Each letter outlined Huffman's loyalty and commitment to the writer — an attempt to show Actress Felicity Huffman role in the admissions scam was an outlier in Actress Felicity Huffman life. Macy also shed some light on the immediate aftermath of Huffman's early morning arrest by the FBI in March.Two days after the arrest, Macy wrote, their eldest daughter was headed for an audition at a school she had her heart set on — one that didn't require SAT scores. But when Actress Felicity Huffman got off the plane, the school emailed Actress Felicity Huffman, formally rescinding its audition invitation because of the scandal. Eva Longoria and other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of Eva Longoria sentencingMacy wrote Eva Longoria and other celebrities daughter.
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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