Early

/ˈɜːli/

Synonyms for "early" (208 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (42)

Adjective(7 words)
ahead of scheduleahead of timeat the outsetat the startbeforehandbeginningdraft copy
Adverb(2 words)
ahead of timebetimes
Noun(1 words)
ancient writing tablet

Strong matches (62)

Adjective(16 words)
early city centersearly land plantearlyisheducational foundationembryonic developmentformerfounding beliefin the beginningincipientinitialinitial dateinitial draftinitial long moveinitial stagejuvenilematutinal
Noun(4 words)
early cognitive developmenthadeaninitial capitalinitial paragraph
Adjective(1 words)
early doors
Adverb(1 words)
early on
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in ancient timesin anticipationin good timein olden timesin times pastinappropriateinfancyinitialinitiallyinopportuneinto the pastlatelong agolong sincemetachronisticmisdatedmistimedof oldof yore
Determiner(1 words)
first treatment

Related words (104)

Adjective(30 words)
otherprecambrian eraprehistoric animalspreliminarypreliminary data resultpreliminary diagnosispreliminary editpreliminary imaging diagnosispreliminary studyprematureprematurelypreparatory materialprimary causeprimary criterionprimary language for learningprimary languagesprimitive civilizationprimitive civilization originsprimitive cultureprimitive methods
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primitive operationprimitive societyprimitive weaponprimordial voidprodromalprodromicscreening teststarting materialyoungyoungish
Noun(11 words)
pilot project resultsprelimpreliminary design stagepreliminary tagpreproductionprimaryprimary classification criterionqualifyingqualifying term definitionrising of civilizationstarting
Adverb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
too soon

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

4 entries
life stagetemporal adverbtime descriptortimeliness descriptor

More specific

12 entries
earlierearliestearly adolescenceearly childhoodearly infancyearly interventionearly morningearly phaseearly stageearly stagesearly warningearly years

Collocations

10 entries
early adopterearly childhoodearly educationearly in the dayearly in the morningearly morningearly onearly onsetearly stagesearly warning

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

similar

38 entries

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Translations

3 translations across 1 languages.

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Spanish

3 entries
  • a principios de adj (relating to age)
  • corto (-añero) adj (relating to age)
  • cortos adj (relating to age)

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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