| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |