"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)
Early
/ˈɜːli/
Synonyms for "early" (208 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (42)
a prioriadvancedages agoaheadahead of timealreadyanachronisticancientancientlyantecedentantedatedantediluviananterioranticipativeanticipatoryantiquatedantiqueaway backbackbackward
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beforebefore allbeforehandbeforetimebeginningbehind timebehindhandbetimesbright and earlyci-devantdatedearlier
Adjective(7 words)
Adverb(2 words)
ahead of timebetimes
Noun(1 words)
ancient writing tablet
Strong matches (62)
Adjective(16 words)
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
early doors
Adverb(1 words)
early on
elderereere thenerenowerstwhileex post factofirstforeforedatedforegoingforehandforehandedforesightedforesightedlyformerformerlyheretoforehithertoimmemorialin advance
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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)
oldoldenolderonceonetimeor everoriginaloriginallyout of dateout of seasonoverdueoversoonparachronisticpastpast duepioneerpostdatedprecedingprecipitantprecocious
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precociouslyprecurrentpreexistentprehistoricprematureprematurelyprevenientpreviouspreviouslyprimalprimeprimevalprimitiveprimordialpriorpriorlypristineprochronisticquondamrecentremoteretroactiveretrospectiveseasonablyseniorsome time agosome time backsometimesoontardythentheretoforetimetimelyunanticipatedunexpectedunpunctualunseasonableuntimelyyears agoyet
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
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.
More general
4 entrieslife stagetemporal adverbtime descriptortimeliness descriptor
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
10 entriesearly adopterearly childhoodearly educationearly in the dayearly in the morningearly morningearly onearly onsetearly stagesearly warning
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
1 entriesAntonyms
3 entriessimilar
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
Translations
3 translations across 1 languages.
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.
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)
Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.