Definitions

in advance

ADJECTIVE

beforehand

Synonyms

STRONGEST

earlier sooner

STRONG

ahead

WEAK

advanced ahead of time already ante antecedently before before now fore in anticipation precedently precocious previous previously

ADJECTIVE

forward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead leading onward

STRONG

forth progressing progressive

WEAK

forward-looking precocious premature propulsive well-developed

Antonyms

WEAK

back backward last later meek past reserved reversing shy timid

ADJECTIVE

up front

Synonyms

WEAK

direct forthright frank open

Antonyms

WEAK

coy indirect

ADVERB

before

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead back previously since sooner

WEAK

afore aforetime ante antecedently anteriorly before present ere fore former formerly forward heretofore in days of yore in front in the old days in the past past precendently previous up to now

Antonyms

WEAK

after afterward behind later

ADVERB

fore

Synonyms

STRONG

ante forward

WEAK

ahead antecedently before beforehand near nearest precedently previous

Antonyms

WEAK

aft back

ADVERB

forward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead along onward out

STRONG

ante fore forth

WEAK

alee antecedently before beforehand into prominence into view on precedently previous to the fore vanward

Antonyms

WEAK

back backward past

ADVERB

previously

Synonyms

STRONGEST

already formerly heretofore hitherto long ago once then

STRONG

antecedently

WEAK

a while ago ahead ante at one time away back back back when before beforehand erstwhile fore forward in anticipation in days gone by in the past precedently time was until now

Antonyms

WEAK

currently future later presently

Example Sentences

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Booking more than eight months in advance — a mistake many travellers make — or waiting until too close to departure can both result in higher prices.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It is a fair assumption they had bought their tickets long in advance - largely because they assumed four-time champion Iga Swiatek, and not Chwalinska, would be competing.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

It "was planned long in advance" and created ongoing suffering among victims and their families that is "simply indescribable," prosecutor Matthias Boettcher told the court.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Their annual emergence in the Great Smoky Mountains has become so popular that campsites sell out months in advance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

I called Whitney again to ask her, as I was asking others, if she knew anyone who had anticipated the subprime mortgage cataclysm, thus setting himself up in advance to make a fortune from it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

in advance

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