Synonyms for earlier

Other words for “earlier”, grouped by meaning.

We found 8 synonyms for “earlier”. The most common are earliest, early, before, sooner, in the first place.

adjective (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

Similarearly

adverb earlier in time; previously

Synonymsbefore

adverb comparatives of `soon' or `early'

Synonymssooner

adverb before now

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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