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early
adjective as in in the beginning
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a bit previous, aboriginal, ancient, antecedent, antediluvian, antiquated, brand-new, budding, early bird, original, preceding, premier, prevenient, primal, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, prior, pristine, proleptical, raw, undeveloped, young
adjective as in in the early part of the morning
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daybreak, early morning, first blush, first flush of morning, first light
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adjective as in sooner than expected
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beforehand, briefly, directly, immediately, prematurely, previous, promptly, quick, shortly, soon, too soon, unexpectedly
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a bit previous, ahead of time, anon, bright and early, early bird, ere long, far ahead, in advance, in good time, in the bud, in time, on short notice, on the dot, oversoon, pronto, proximately
adverb as in sooner than expected
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advanced, ahead of time, anticipative, anticipatory, before the appointed time, direct, immature, on short notice, on the dot, overearly, oversoon, preceding, precipitant, precocious, preexistent, premature, prompt, pronto, punctual, seasonable, speedy, unanticipated, unexpected, untimely, with time to spare
adverb as in immediately
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at once, freshly, in a jiffy, in an instant, in no time, instantaneously, instantly, newly, presto, primitively, seasonably, straightaway, summarily, thereon, thereupon, without delay
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Example Sentences
When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.
It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.
At first—it was the early stages of reporting—I was amused at having been so crassly underestimated.
Early on, the sexual protagonist complains that her Molson-drinking husband is pretty much an incompetent Neanderthal.
Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
The "new world" was really found in the wonder-years of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
When his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room.
In the early stages of chronic nephritis, when diagnosis is difficult, it is usually normal.
He was in early life a shipcarpenter, and subsequently American consul at Antwerp.
Hamo in alluding to the early cultivation of tobacco by the colony, says, that John Rolfe was the pioneer tobacco planter.
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On this page you'll find 169 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to early, such as: fresh, initial, new, previous, recent, and a bit previous.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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