Early

//ˈɜːli//

Synonyms for "early" (160 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (32)

Strong matches (48)

back backward before before all beforetime beginning behind time behindhand bright and early ci-devant dated earlier earliest early on earlyish elder embryonic ere ere then erenow

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Adverb(2 words)

Adjective(2 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Prep_phrase(1 words)

Related words (80)

inappropriate incipient infancy initial initially inopportune into the past late long ago long since metachronistic misdated mistimed of old of yore olden older once onetime or ever

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Adjective(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Adverb(1 words)

Adverb(1 words)

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More specific

1 entries

initial

Antonyms

6 entries

late later middle tardy

Synonyms

5 entries

ahead of time betimes early on former prematurely

Related terms

1 entries

premature

derived

90 entries

Christmas come early Early Assamese Early County Early Latin Early Modern Czech Early Proto-Indo-European Early Tripuri Early effect European early modern human an early age be a hundred years too early bright and early call it an early night earliness early Helladic early Showa

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derived from

1 entries

ere

distinct from

1 entries

late

has context

1 entries

linguistics

related to

41 entries

adjective advance am arrive arriving arriving somewhere barely before before late beginning coming coming before crow day first four

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similar

58 entries

1st Old aboriginal advance archaean archaeozoic archaic archean archeozoic azoic beforehand

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Translations

314 translations across 109 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

vroeë adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Albanian

2 entries

i hershëm adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
Heret adv (at a time before expected)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

πρῷος adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
πρωΐ adv (at a time before expected)
ἦρι adv (at a time before expected)

Arabic

4 entries

بدري adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
بكري adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
بَاكِر adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
بدري adv (at a time before expected)

Armenian

4 entries

շուտ adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
շուտ adj (arriving at a time before expected)
վաղ adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
վաղ adj (arriving at a time before expected)

Aromanian

1 entries

timpuriu adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Assamese

2 entries

আগতীয়াকৈ adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
সোনকালে adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Asturian

1 entries

tempranu adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

erkən adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
erkən adv (at a time before expected)

Bakhtiari

1 entries

زید adv (at a time before expected)

Bashkir

3 entries

иртә adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
иртә adj (arriving at a time before expected)
иртә adv (at a time before expected)

Basque

1 entries

goizik adv (at a time before expected)

Belarusian

2 entries

ра́нні adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
ра́на adv (at a time before expected)

Bengali

1 entries

আশু adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Bikol Central

1 entries

amay adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Breton

2 entries

abred adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
abred adv (at a time before expected)

Bulgarian

4 entries

преждевременен adj (arriving at a time before expected)
ра́нен adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
ранен adj (arriving at a time before expected)
ра́но adv (at a time before expected)

Burmese

2 entries

စော adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
စောစော adv (at a time before expected)

Catalan

2 entries

d'hora adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
aviat adv (at a time before expected)

Cebuano

1 entries

sayo adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

زوو adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
زوو adj (arriving at a time before expected)

Chamicuro

1 entries

wa'ni tsijta adv (at a time before expected)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

早 adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

早 adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
早 adv (at a time before expected)

Cornish

2 entries

a-bres adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
a-brys adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Czech

4 entries

raný adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
časný adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
brzy adv (at a time before expected)
časně adv (at a time before expected)

Danish

1 entries

tidlig adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Dutch

3 entries

voortijdig adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
vroeg adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
vroeg adj (arriving at a time before expected)

Esperanto

2 entries

frua adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
frue adv (at a time before expected)

Estonian

3 entries

vara adj (arriving at a time before expected)
varajane adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
vara adv (at a time before expected)

Even

1 entries

бадь adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Faroese

3 entries

tíðliga adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
snimma adv (at a time before expected)
árla adv (at a time before expected)

Finnish

4 entries

aikainen adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
aikainen adj (arriving at a time before expected)
ennenaikainen adj (arriving at a time before expected)
varhainen adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

French

4 entries

ancien adj (near but after the start or beginning)
de bonne heure adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
en avance adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
en avance adj (arriving at a time before expected)

Galician

4 entries

cedo adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
cedo adj (arriving at a time before expected)
temperán adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
cedo adv (at a time before expected)

Georgian

3 entries

ადრე adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
ადრეული adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
ადრე adv (at a time before expected)

German

4 entries

früe adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
früh adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
früh adj (arriving at a time before expected)
früh adj (near but after the start or beginning)

Greek

4 entries

πρόωρος adj (arriving at a time before expected)
πρώιμος adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
πρώιμος adj (near but after the start or beginning)
πρώιμος adj (illness: having begun to occur)

Gujarati

1 entries

વહેલું adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Hebrew

2 entries

מֻקְדָּם adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
מֻקְדָּם adv (at a time before expected)

Higaonon

1 entries

sayo adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Hindi

3 entries

शीघ्र adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
सवेरा adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
जल्दी adv (at a time before expected)

Hittite

1 entries

[Term?] (/⁠karú⁠/) adv (at a time before expected)

Hungarian

2 entries

korai adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
korán adv (at a time before expected)

Icelandic

2 entries

snemma adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
snemma adv (at a time before expected)

Ido

1 entries

frue adv (at a time before expected)

Indonesian

2 entries

dini adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
pagi-pagi adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Ingrian

3 entries

aikahiin adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
aikaisee adv (at a time before expected)
varraa adv (at a time before expected)

Irish

3 entries

luath adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
luath adj (arriving at a time before expected)
moch adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Italian

4 entries

anticipata adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
anticipato adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
anticipo adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
iniziale adj (illness: having begun to occur)

Japanese

4 entries

初期の adj (illness: having begun to occur)
早い adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
早い adj (arriving at a time before expected)
早い adj (near but after the start or beginning)

Kazakh

2 entries

ерте adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
ерте adv (at a time before expected)

Khmer

1 entries

មុនម៉ោង adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Korean

4 entries

빠르다 adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
빠르다 adj (arriving at a time before expected)
빠르다 adj (near but after the start or beginning)
이르다 adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

эрте adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
эрте adv (at a time before expected)

Ladin

1 entries

abenëura adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Lao

1 entries

ເຊົ້າ adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Latgalian

3 entries

agreims adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
agrejs adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
agrys adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Latin

3 entries

mātūtīnus adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
praecox adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
prīmus adj (near but after the start or beginning)

Latvian

2 entries

agrs adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
agri adv (at a time before expected)

Lithuanian

3 entries

ankstus adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
ankstyvas adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
anksti adv (at a time before expected)

Lutuv

1 entries

patang adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

fréi adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
fréi adv (at a time before expected)

Macedonian

2 entries

ран adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
рано adv (at a time before expected)

Malay

1 entries

awal adv (at a time before expected)

Maltese

2 entries

bikri adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
kmieni adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡝᡵᡩᡝ adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Mongolian

2 entries

эрт adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
эртний adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Māori

4 entries

moata adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
moata adj (arriving at a time before expected)
tuata adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
tuata adj (arriving at a time before expected)

North Frisian

1 entries

eeđer adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

zû adv (at a time before expected)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

tidlig adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
tidlig adj (arriving at a time before expected)
tidlig adj (near but after the start or beginning)

Occitan

1 entries

d'ora adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Old English

4 entries

hræd adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
hræd adj (arriving at a time before expected)
hræd adj (near but after the start or beginning)
hraþe adv (at a time before expected)

Old Javanese

1 entries

isuk adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Old Norse

3 entries

snemma adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
snemt adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
snemma adv (at a time before expected)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اركن adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
اركن adj (arriving at a time before expected)
اركن adj (near but after the start or beginning)
اركن adv (at a time before expected)

Persian

2 entries

زود adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
زود adv (at a time before expected)

Piedmontese

1 entries

primeiro adj (near but after the start or beginning)

Polish

4 entries

początkowy adj (near but after the start or beginning)
wczesny adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
wczesny adj (arriving at a time before expected)
wczesny adj (near but after the start or beginning)

Portuguese

4 entries

adiantado adj (arriving at a time before expected)
cedo adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
inicial adj (near but after the start or beginning)
inicial adj (illness: having begun to occur)

Romanian

4 entries

devreme adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
devreme adj (near but after the start or beginning)
timpuriu adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
devreme adv (at a time before expected)

Romansch

1 entries

baud adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Russian

4 entries

ра́нний adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
ра́нний adj (arriving at a time before expected)
ра́нний adj (near but after the start or beginning)
ра́но adv (at a time before expected)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

tràthail adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
tràthail adj (arriving at a time before expected)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

rani adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
рани adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
rano adv (at a time before expected)
рано adv (at a time before expected)

Sicilian

1 entries

viatu adv (at a time before expected)

Slovak

4 entries

raný adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
včasný adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
skoro adv (at a time before expected)
včas adv (at a time before expected)

Slovene

2 entries

zgoden adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
zgódaj adv (at a time before expected)

Spanish

4 entries

a principios de adj (relating to age)
corto (-añero) adj (relating to age)
cortos adj (relating to age)
precoz adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Swahili

4 entries

mapema adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
mapema adj (arriving at a time before expected)
mapema adj (near but after the start or beginning)
mapema adv (at a time before expected)

Swedish

4 entries

arla adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
tidig adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
tidig adj (arriving at a time before expected)
tidig adj (near but after the start or beginning)

Tajik

2 entries

барвақт adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
барвақт adv (at a time before expected)

Thai

4 entries

เช้า adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
เนิ่น adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
เร็ว adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
แต่วัน adv (at a time before expected)

Turkish

4 entries

erken adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
erken adj (arriving at a time before expected)
erken adj (near but after the start or beginning)
erken adv (at a time before expected)

Turkmen

3 entries

ir adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
irki adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
irki adv (at a time before expected)

Ukrainian

4 entries

завча́сний adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
ра́нній adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
завча́сно adv (at a time before expected)
ра́но adv (at a time before expected)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

zažny adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
zažny adj (arriving at a time before expected)

Urdu

2 entries

سویرا adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
جلدی adv (at a time before expected)

Uyghur

3 entries

بالدۇر adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
بالدۇر adj (arriving at a time before expected)
بالدۇر adj (near but after the start or beginning)

Uzbek

2 entries

erta adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
erta adv (at a time before expected)

Vietnamese

4 entries

ban đầu adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
sớm adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
đầu mùa adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
sớm adv (at a time before expected)

Volapük

4 entries

gölik adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
gölik adj (arriving at a time before expected)
gölik adj (near but after the start or beginning)
göliko adv (at a time before expected)

Walloon

3 entries

di boune eure adv (at a time before expected)
timpe adv (at a time before expected)
toit adv (at a time before expected)

Welsh

4 entries

cynnar adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
yn fore adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
cynnar adv (at a time before expected)
plygeinwaith adv (at a time before expected)

West-Frisian

1 entries

ier adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Yakut

1 entries

эрдэ adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Yiddish

2 entries

באַלדיק adj (at a time in advance of the usual)
פֿרי adv (at a time before expected)

Zazaki

1 entries

rew (diq) adj (at a time in advance of the usual)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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"If you're tired, why don't you go to sleep?" "Because if I go to sleep now I will wake up too early."

Source: tatoeba (1725)

Most people have a great disinclination to get out of bed early, even if they have to.

Source: tatoeba (1921)

The early bird catches the worm.

Source: tatoeba (2348)

You should start as early as you can.

Source: tatoeba (15998)

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