| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contributing, accompanying |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adjuvant, agreeing, ancillary, associated with, associative, attendant, attending, belonging, coefficient, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coincident, coincidental, collateral, complementary, concordant, concurrent, conjoined, conjoined with, connected, contemporaneous, contemporary, coordinate, corollary, coterminous, coupled with, fellow, in tempo, in time, incident, isochronal, isochronous, joint, satellite, synchronal, synchronous, synergetic, synergistic |
| Antonyms: | accidental, chance, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | later |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | happening after |
| Synonyms: | after, afterward, again, at another time, behind, by and by, come Sunday, down the line, down the road, in a while, in time, infra, later on, latterly, more recent, next, subsequently, succeeding, thereafter |
| Antonyms: | before, earlier |
| Main Entry: | soon |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in the near future |
| Synonyms: | anon, any minute now, before long, betimes, by and by, coming down the pike, directly, early, ere long, expeditiously, fast, fleetly, forthwith, hastily, in a little while, in a minute, in a second, in a short time, in due time, in short order, in time, instantly, lickety-split, on time, posthaste, presently, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, short, shortly, speedily |
| Antonyms: | distant, far, later, never |
| Main Entry: | sooner or later |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | at an unspecified future time |
| Synonyms: | eventually, in time, one fine day, someday, sometime, sometime or other, somewhen, when all is said and done |
| Main Entry: | ulteriorly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | later |
| Synonyms: | after, after a while, afterward, afterwards, again, at another time, behind, by and by, come Sunday, down the line, down the road, in a while, in time, infra, later on, latterly, more recent, next, subsequently, succeeding, thereafter |
| Main Entry: | while |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | as long as |
| Synonyms: | although, at the same time, during, during the time, in the time, throughout the time, whilst |
| Notes: | awhile is an adverb and so must occur as a modifier to a verb; while is a noun meaning 'period of time' |
| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
Related
Adjectives: |
anticipatory, early, forward, immediate, in time, near, near at hand, precipitate, precocious, premature, prepunctual, prevenient, prime, prompt, punctual, rath, sudden, summary, timely, unexpected
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