Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Earliness

Nouns
Verbs
  • be early etc. adj., be beforehand etc. adv.
  • keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall
  • have the start, gain the start
  • steal a march upon
  • gain time, draw on futurity
  • bespeak, secure, engage, preengage. accelerate
  • expedite etc. (quicken) Velocity
  • make haste etc. (hurry) Haste.
Adjectives
Adverbs
  • early, soon, anon, betimes, rath
  • eft, eftsoons
  • ere long, before long, shortly
  • beforehand
  • prematurely etc. adj.
  • precipitately etc. (hastily) Haste
  • too soon
  • before its time, before one's time
  • in anticipation
  • unexpectedly etc. Inexpectation. suddenly etc. (instantaneously) [Point of time] Instantaneity
  • before one can say 'Jack Robinson', " at short notice, extempore
  • on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion [Bacon]
  • at once
  • on the spot, on the instant
  • at sight
  • offhand, out of hand
  • straight, straightway, straightforth
  • forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly.
Phrases
  • no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner