| Earliness (n.) The state of being early or forward; promptness. Thesaurus Entries anachronism, antecedence, antecedency, antedate, antedating, anteriority, anticipation, earlier state, historical error, lateness, metachronism, misdate, misdating, mistiming, parachronism, past time, postdating, precedence, precedency, precession, predating, preexistence, priority, prochronism, prolepsis, status quo ante, tardiness, unpunctuality |