earlier

Meaning of earlier

adjective
  1. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
    at eleven, we went for an early lunch;  she began reading at an early age;  his mother suffered an early death
  2. Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
    The early guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes.
  3. Near the start or beginning.
    Early results showed their winning 245 out of 300 seats in parliament. The main opponent locked up only 31 seats.
  4. Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
    early cancer
  5. Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
adverb
  1. At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
    We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.
  2. Soon; in good time; seasonably.

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Hyphenation of earlier

ear-lier

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • earlier is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

earlier synonyms

Meaning earliest:

earliest

Meaning before:

before

Meaning sooner:

sooner

Meaning in the first place:

originally

Meaning :

first, premature, prematurely

earlier antonyms

Meaning :

late, terminal, tardily

Translation of earlier

Anagrams of earlier

learier

Words that rhyme with earlier

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