WordNet: early
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
- also see first
- attribute timing
- similar to advance, beforehand
- similar to archaean, archean
- similar to archaeozoic, archeozoic
- similar to azoic
- similar to earlier, earliest
- similar to earlyish
- similar to premature, untimely
- similar to premature, previous
- similar to proterozoic
- similar to proto
- similar to wee
early
- (englanti) late (antonym)
- (englanti) middle (antonym)
- (englanti) earliness (derivationally related)
- (suomi) ennenaikainen (synonyymi)
- (suomi) aikainen (synonyymi)