Words and phrases that have a meaning related to earlier: (274 results)
Often used in the same context:
last, previous, later, ago, after, prior, recent, yesterday, before, had, recently, preceding, subsequently, during, following, originally, past, week, initially, first, this, pervious, month, next, afer, briefly, came, shortly, was, meanwhile, year, six, twice, three, when, unexpectedly, reported, second, hastily, controversially, abruptly, citing, similar, reportedly, already, ended, also, nine, neared, sleeted, afterward, eight, old, fell, sharply, four, from, two, pointedly, since, seven, yester, skipped, coincided, apparently, another, five, were, once, fourth, partly, eve, repeatedly, saying, beforehand, final, third, coincidentally, according, unrelated, nearly, preliminary, however, amounted, withdrew, pre, today, inauspiciously, announcement, expected, same, prematurely, declined, dropped, hoped, partially, stemmed, ensuing, took, that, jumped, hurriedly, much, while, whilst, outside, arid, non, tomorrow, *, hitherto, indoors, long, morrow, makes, tonight, viz, cf, downstream, far, earliest, subsequent, classic, early, censored, latest, vious, published, eatlier, present, reprinted, aforementioned, lengthier, pioneering, authored, earlv, extant
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., above, above-mentioned, above-named, age of consent, amalgam, amended return, amora, antecede, antecedently, antedate, antediluvian, anterior, anticipate, antiquated, antique, archaeozoic, archaic, archeozoic, asura, atavism, backa, backdate, back away, back out, bank statement, before, bel, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, case law, cenogenesis, change of mind, come back, common law, counter-revolutionist, counterproposal, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist, crawfish, crawfish out, cross-examiner, cross-questioner, cut back, cut short, date back, date from, declination, decline, down, earliness, enact, false saber-toothed tiger, flashback, flip-flop, follow-up, followup, footprint, foredate, forefather, forego, formera, fossilisation, fossilization, geological period, go back, hark back, hold over, improvement, intervene, intrusion, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, long-play, long-playing, melioration, middle, navigator, neoclassic, neoclassical, neoteny, none, nonmodern, old, palimpsest, past, period, pertain, phase iv, phase iv clinical trials, precede, precedent, precocious dentition, predate, predecease, previously, primitive, priora, pull back, pull in one's horns, recall, recapitualtion, recapitulate, recapitulation, reconsideration, reenact, reexamination, relation, relation back, repeat, reprise, reprize, retract, retreat, return, returning, reversal, reversion, reverting, review, rollback, rudiment, runoff, slow, smart, supra, theory of inheritance, throwback, turnabout, turnaround, unteach, upgrade, withdraw
Synonyms:
Also try:in the beginning, in the first place, sooner, to begin with
— Nouns for earlier: years, period, work, times, days, stages, chapters, studies, date, part, version, more...
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