- Types Of Speech
- You can use earlier as a adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Earlier
- A 2 syllables adverb and 7 letters with the letters a, e, i, l, and r, 3 consonants, 4 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Earlier starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters e, ea, ear, earl, earli, and the ending characters are r, er, ier, lier, rlier, ..
- Definition
- (comparative and superlative of `early'') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi''s earliest and most raucous opera"
- School Grade
- Earlier is set as a grade four word that starts with e, ends with r, 2 syllables, 4 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is earlier a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Earlier in Pig Latin is said as "earlieray or earlierway".
- Unigram
- e | a | r | l | i | e | r
- Bigram
- ea | ar | rl | li | ie | er
- Trigram
- ear | arl | rli | lie | ier
- Quadrigram
- earl | arli | rlie | lier
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than;
most early;
"a fashion popular in earlier times";
"his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher";
"Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"
- Adverb Examples
- earlier in time;
previously;
"I had known her before";
"as I said before";
"he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier";
"her parents had died four years earlier";
"I mentioned that problem earlier" - before now;
"why didn't you tell me in the first place?" - comparatives of `soon' or `early';
"Come a little sooner, if you can";
"came earlier than I expected"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aforetime | |
| Ahead | at or in the front "I see the lights of a town ahead" "the road ahead is foggy" "staring straight ahead" "we couldn''t see over the heads of the people in front" "with the cross of Jesus marching on before" |
| Already | prior to a specified or implied time "she has already graduated" |
| Antecedent | the referent of an anaphor a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
| Antecedently | at an earlier time or formerly "she had previously lived in Chicago" "he was previously president of a bank" "better than anything previously proposed" "a previously unquestioned attitude" "antecedently arranged" |
| Anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" |
| Anticipatory | in anticipation |
| As Yet | |
| At One Time | |
| Before | earlier in time previously "I had known her before" "as I said before" "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier" "her parents had died four years earlier" "I mentioned that problem earlier" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Earlier
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Earlier | (comparative and superlative of `early'') more early than most early "a fashion popular in earlier times" "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher" "Verdi''s earliest and most raucous opera" |
View English words with the unique letters used in earlier. Words With The Letters Aeilr
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 tomat |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval (9 letters) | 12 +5 | 14 +6 | retrieval | ||
| Aerial (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | aaeilr | ||
| Revival (7 letters) | 13 +6 | 16 +8 | revival | ||
| Retail (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | retail | ||
| Retrial (7 letters) | 7 | 8 | retrial | ||
| Relative (8 letters) | 11 +4 | 13 +5 | relative | ||
| Listeria (8 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +1 | listeria | ||
| Air Well (8 letters) | |||||
| Artillery (9 letters) | 12 +5 | 13 +5 | artillery | ||
| Atelier (7 letters) | 7 | 8 | atelier | ||
| Serail (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | israel | ||
| Lavaliere (9 letters) | 12 +5 | 15 +7 | lavaliere | ||
| Lavalier (8 letters) | 11 +4 | 14 +6 | lavalier | ||
| Stairwell (9 letters) | 12 +5 | 14 +6 | stairwell | ||
| Saltire (7 letters) | 7 | 8 | aeilrst | ||
| Trailer (7 letters) | 7 | 8 | retrial | ||
| Reality (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 10 +2 | reality | ||
| Levirate (8 letters) | 11 +4 | 13 +5 | relative | ||
| Revisal (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 12 +4 | revisal | ||
| Serial (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | israel | ||
| Literal (7 letters) | 7 | 9 +1 | literal | ||
| Raillery (8 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +4 | aeillrry | ||
| Air Alert (9 letters) | |||||
| Real IRA (8 letters) | |||||
| Literati (8 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +1 | literati |
Earlier Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With E
- Ends With R
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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