Word "EARLIER" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adverb
Definition:
comparatives of `soon' or `early'
Synonyms:
sooner
Examples:
came earlier than I expected

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
Synonyms:
earliest
Examples:
a fashion popular in earlier times
his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher

Part of Speech:
Adverb
Definition:
earlier in time; previously
Synonyms:
before
Examples:
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

Crossword Clues for EARLIER

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Previously a nobleman, one linked with monarch (7)
Occurring before the usual or expected time (7)
Former titled figure that is radical (7)
Sooner be more like the bird that catches the worm? (7)
I partly saw the bear lie rigid beforehand (7)
"A happy family is but an _ heaven": George Bernard Shaw (7)
At a time before
Once noble rank - not first (7)
Lie in unusually rare environment before then (7)
Before a specific time or event (7)
Previously draws attention to fib by leading rogue (7)
How rare to lie in, farther back in time (7)
Previously The Telegraph Quick 18 Mar 2025
Previously, before (7)
Previously Mirror Tea Time 05 Mar 2025
Nobleman, one before late queen, previously (7)
Peer that is right in the first place (7)
Previously The Telegraph Quick 14 Jan 2025
Beforehand, ... in the day
Describing more remote historical events sooner (7)
Overhear lie regarding prior involvement (7)
Previous or erstwhile (7)
Before the nobleman - that is right (7) Puzzler Cryptic 18 Nov 2024
Former nobleman before single Queen The Telegraph Toughie 14 Nov 2024
Farther back in history, a nobleman that is right (7)
More upset head's been sacked over school's sixth former (7) The Guardian Cryptic 06 Nov 2024
Previously or beforehand
Nobleman displayed ire before now (7)
Rare lie compounded beforehand (7)
Previously Mirror Tea Time 19 Oct 2024
Nobleman and former queen holding one in the past (7)
Previously The Telegraph Quick 08 Oct 2024
Start off more like pearls in the past (7)
Previously, it could be rare to lie in (7)
Former nobleman that is meeting resistance
Um, a carried story run before (7)
Before now Premier Sunday 25 Aug 2024
Nobleman, one before queen, previously (7) Puzzler Cryptic 06 Aug 2024
Noble that is right in the first place (7)
Yours truly having hesitation standing by nobleman with previous (7)
Noble that's meeting redhead prior (7)
Sooner have real ire than this! (7)
Nobleman, one before the Queen, previously (7) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Jun 2024
Sooner The Telegraph Quick 15 Jun 2024
Prior nobleman? That is right! (7)
Not now or later New York Times 30 May 2024
That's after a nobleman finds Rex sooner (7)
Rare lie about it being farther back in history (7)
Before the present time (7) Puzzler 13 May 2024
Genuine anger with rights being delayed before now (7)
Ariel turned on King Edward at a previous time (7)
Like breakfast, vis-a-vis second breakfast and elevenses Universal 26 Apr 2024
Real reform that is right before time
Before now, at a prior time (7)
Titled figure linked to energy in Ireland before now (7)
Nobleman gets one with hesitation sooner
More like the bird who gets the worm (7)
Previously, entitled man used firearm regularly
Prior might be described as more noble?
Former (7) Puzzler 03 Jan 2024
Peer with sidearm at intervals previously (7)
Peer with sidearm at intervals previously The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Dec 2023
To
Previously, Eli took up rear position (7)
Previously Mirror Tea Time 19 Dec 2023
At some previous time (7)
Previous nobleman displayed ire
Before The Telegraph Quick 20 Oct 2023
Former The Telegraph Quick 13 Jun 2023
Before The Times Concise 06 May 2023
Older nobleman that is king The Telegraph Toughie 08 Feb 2023
Before now Universal 21 Sep 2022
Previously The Telegraph Quick 09 Aug 2022
Previously The Times Concise 18 Jul 2022
Organ that is grasped in both hands, further back? The Times Cryptic 24 Jun 2022
Some time before Irish Times Simplex 03 May 2022
Before retailer collapsed, Tesla quit The Guardian Cryptic 21 Feb 2022
Before retailer collapsed, Tesla quit
Some time before Irish Times Simplex 04 Oct 2021
Previously more like a man of noble birth
Foregoing a title that is meeting resistance
Before now Newsday 04 Jul 2021
Before noble, one queen
Listener wants story — prime bit of romance from a previous era?
Previously USA Today 06 Feb 2021
Nobleman starts to introduce essential reforms sooner
Boatman placed between noble and royal persons previously
Previously The Telegraph Quick 12 Jan 2021
Like a flashback time LA Times Daily 11 Sep 2020
Like a flashback time The Washington Post 11 Sep 2020
Back in time Family Time 24 Aug 2020
   Titled figure with estate overlooking country in Ireland previously
Occurring previously Wall Street Journal 15 Aug 2020
Former member of the Lords? That is right
Bodily organ with another, heart excised previously The Telegraph Cryptic 01 May 2020
Before being more noble?
… before real ire is dissipated
Before Newsday 28 Dec 2019
Previously The Sun Two Speed 19 Dec 2019
Real ire festering in advance The Sun Two Speed 19 Dec 2019
Former British nobleman losing head in row
Each Rolls-Royce incorporates invention that's more advanced
In advance The Telegraph Quick 17 Sep 2019
From longer ago, more reminiscent of a certain nobleman?
In the past New York Times 14 Aug 2019
Prior The Telegraph Quick 09 Aug 2019
Before The Telegraph Quick 11 May 2019
Brigadier general dismissed badgering before now Irish Times Crosaire 27 Apr 2019
Sooner The Telegraph Quick 05 Apr 2019
Attention given to story run previously
Sooner The Times Concise 16 Jan 2019
In the past
Some time back Thomas Joseph 04 Dec 2018
Former king after attention with story
Former king after attention with story
Attention given to story initially reported on a previous date The Telegraph Toughie 26 Jul 2018
More advanced fiction -- first for radio, with listener as the lead The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jun 2018
Flashback time Universal 20 May 2018
Some hours ago Newsday 18 Feb 2018
Former The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2018
Before the nobleman – that is right The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2018
Flashback time
Organ that is held in each hand, further back
Former nobleman -- one with the Queen The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Jun 2017
Hours ago Thomas Joseph 31 Mar 2017
Prior could be seen as more than a lord, perhaps
Before in time The Times Concise 18 Jan 2017
Nobleman taking setter to visit monarch yesterday, perhaps
Before LA Times Daily 08 Jan 2017
Before
Before hearing story, tip for narrator
Before hearing story, tip for narrator The Times Cryptic 16 Sep 2016
Former nobleman ironically eschewing royalty for starters
Attention given to story run before now
Some wheat added to pork pie recipe in the past
Former monarch supports baron over independence
Noble dissipated ire before now
Noble sort that is registered before now Irish Times Crosaire 23 Jan 2016
Older person like Lord Emsworth preceding current Queen? The Times Cryptic 29 Dec 2015
Some time before Irish Times Simplex 27 Nov 2015
At a previous time The Sun Two Speed 03 Nov 2015
Further in advance The Times Concise 02 Nov 2015
Previously Premier Sunday 25 Oct 2015
More before time The Times Concise 14 Aug 2015
Sooner in time The Times Concise 10 Jun 2015
Before now Newsday 30 Mar 2015
Before now
Previously
Nobleman that is king in
Before
Previous
Flashback caption
When the events in flashbacks took place
Before now
Prior
Before now
Before
Closer to the beginning of time
Ago
Ago
Ago
Supra
Before now
Previous
Flashback caption
Previously
Ago
Ahead
Closer to the beginning of time
Hitherto
At a previous time
Sooner
Before now
Preceding
More primitive
Previously
At a previous time
Prior
Previous
More ancient
Previously
Before
More like a certain bird
Some time before
Occurring farther back.
More ancient.
More recent.
Prior.
Sooner.
Sooner than.
Bird that gets more worms.
Before.
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