Earlier

/ˈɝliɚ/

Synonyms for "earlier" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Adverb(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(3 words)
backbeen therebefore history
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (32)

Noun(3 words)
bypastdiabetes historyearly number sense
Adjective(6 words)
earliestearly soil frostearly stoppingearlyishformer stateformerly
Adverb(2 words)
in the beginningin the first place

Related words (52)

Noun(8 words)
more ancient historyone timepassadopastpast passivepredatingtime aheadupstream
Determiner(1 words)
most ancient river valley
Adverb(4 words)
Adjective(7 words)
precedingpreexisting datapreviouspreviouslypriorprior statequondam
Verb(3 words)
predatedpreviewedstrategize in advance

Related word relations

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Collocations

9 entries
earlier periodearlier researchearlier stageearlier versionearlierdraftearlierfindingearlierresearchearlierstudyearlierversion

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is regrettable that you did not start earlier.

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You should have come earlier.

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You should have come a little earlier.

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You must get up a little earlier.

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