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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sooner than expected |
| Synonyms: | advanced, ahead of time, anticipative, anticipatory, before appointed time, beforehand, direct, immature, immediate, matinal, on short notice, on the dot, overearly, oversoon, preceding, precipitant, precocious, preexistent, premature, previous, prompt, pronto, punctual, quick, seasonable, soon, speedy, unanticipated, unexpected, untimely |
| Antonyms: | later |
| Main Entry: | previous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | premature |
| Synonyms: | ahead of, early, inopportune, overearly, oversoon, precipitate, soon, too early, too soon, unfounded, untimely, unwarranted |
| Notes: | preceding means 'occurring immediately before the time of the utterance,' while previous means 'occurring at some time before the utterance' |
| Antonyms: | on time, timely, well-timed |
| Main Entry: | untimely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inappropriate |
| Synonyms: | a bit previous, abortive, anachronistic, awkward, badly timed, bright and early, disagreeable, early, early bird, early on, ill-timed, improper, inauspicious, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, intrusive, malapropos, mistimed, out-of-date, overearly, oversoon, premature, previous, soon, too early, too late, undue, unfavorable, unfit, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, wrong |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, opportune, timely |
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| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
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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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