It is regrettable that you did not start earlier.
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Earlier
//ˈɝliɚ//
Synonyms for "earlier" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
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Synonyms
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
derived
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πρότερος adj (occurring previously)
- πρότερον adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Danish
1 entries- tidligere adj (occurring previously)
Esperanto
2 entries- antaŭa adj (occurring previously)
- antaŭe adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Finnish
4 entries- aiempi adj (occurring previously)
- aikaisempi adj (occurring previously)
- aiemmin adv (previously; before now; sooner)
- aikaisemmin adv (previously; before now; sooner)
French
1 entries- plus tôt adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Georgian
1 entries- ადრინდელი adv (previously; before now; sooner)
German
2 entries- vorherig adj (occurring previously)
- vorher adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Greek
1 entries- προηγούμενος adj (occurring previously)
Ingrian
1 entries- enneppäin adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Italian
2 entries- precedente adj (occurring previously)
- prima adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Latin
1 entries- prius adj (occurring previously)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ადრეიანი adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Norwegian
1 entries- tidligere adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tidligere adj (occurring previously)
Polish
2 entries- wcześniejszy adj (occurring previously)
- wcześniej adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Portuguese
4 entries- anterior adj (occurring previously)
- precedente adj (occurring previously)
- antes adv (previously; before now; sooner)
- mais cedo adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Spanish
1 entries- antes adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Swedish
2 entries- tidigare adj (occurring previously)
- tidigare adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Tocharian B
1 entries- parwe adv (previously; before now; sooner)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
You should have come earlier.
Source: tatoeba (16378)
You should have come a little earlier.
Source: tatoeba (16394)
You must get up a little earlier.
Source: tatoeba (16395)
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