Adjective early has 6 senses
- 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"
Antonyms: earlier, earliest, 6 senses of early , early, middle, intervening, mid, late, advanced, ripe, after-hours, latish, posthumous
Antonym: middle (indirect, via late, early)
Antonym: late (indirect, via early, middle)
Antonym: middle (indirect, via late, early)
Antonym: late (indirect, via early, middle)
- early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
Antonyms: early, late, later, advanced, tardive
- early, former, other - of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
Antonyms: early, former, other
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: future (indirect, via past, present)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: future (indirect, via past, present)
- early - very young; "at an early age"
Antonym: early
Antonym: old (indirect, via young)
Antonym: old (indirect, via young)
- early - of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"
Antonyms: early, middle, late, Modern, New
- early - expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"
Antonym: early
Antonym: past (indirect, via present, future)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: past (indirect, via present, future)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
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Adverbial earliest has 1 sense
- soonest, earliest - with the least delay; "the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M."
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