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Synonyms and antonyms of earlier in English

earlier

adjective
These are words and phrases related to earlier. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of earlier.

PAST

Synonyms

belonging to the past
bygone
ancient
historical
former
previous
prior
past
gone by
passed away
elapsed
expired
ended
finished
gone
departed
dead and gone

Antonyms

future
coming
later
present
now
begun
started
arrived

PRIOR

Synonyms

prior
previous
preceding in time
preexisting
preexistent
antecedent
anterior
former
precursory
erstwhile
going before
foregoing
prefatory
preparatory
aforementioned
aforesaid

Antonyms

subsequent
following
later

ONE-TIME

Synonyms

one-time
former
previous
erstwhile
ci-devant
French
quondam
French
past
French
recent
French
prior
French
early
French
old
French

Antonyms

current
present
present-day
latest

FORMER

Synonyms

former
previous
anterior
preceding
prior
antecedent
foregoing
erstwhile
quondam
ex
Informal
whilom
Archaic

Antonyms

ensuing
subsequent
present

earlier

adverb

PREVIOUSLY

Synonyms

previously
before
at one time
once
a while back
a while ago
formerly
in times past
long ago
heretofore
earlier on
sometime back
back when

BEFOREHAND

Synonyms

beforehand
sooner
before
before now
ahead of time
in advance
before the fact
in time

Antonyms

afterwards
after

ABOVE

Synonyms

above
before
prior
sooner
previous
first
 Synonyms for earlier from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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