Synonyms for sooner
ˈsu nərsoon·er

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1. Soonernoun

   Synonyms:
   Okie, Oklahoman

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1. Oklahoman, Sooneradverb

   a native or resident of Oklahoma

2. sooner, earlieradverb

   comparatives of `soon' or `early'

   "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected"

   Synonyms:
   rather, in the beginning, originally, before, to begin with, preferably, earlier, in the first place

3. preferably, sooner, ratheradverb

   more readily or willingly

   "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up"

   Synonyms:
   kinda, instead, quite, earlier, sort of, preferably, kind of, rather

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1. List of paraphrases for "sooner":

   earlier, early, soon, faster, before, previously, quicker, rather, quickly

How to pronounce sooner?

How to say sooner in sign language?

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How to use sooner in a sentence?

1. Sundar Pichai:

   It's heartbreaking for sure ... we wish we had gotten to the problems sooner than we did, there is an acknowledgment we didn't get it right.

2. Air Force Secretary Deborah James:

   Preliminary analysis suggests that a transition ... would add anywhere from $1.5 billion to $5 billion in additional costs..., the sooner a full RD-180 ban might start, the more disruptive it would be ... and the higher the cost would be.

3. *REESE*:

   Patience Is The Best Way 2 Expose A Liar,Because Sooner Than Later They Will Forget The Lies They Told!

4. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

   Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

5. Fawad Razaqzada:

   The fact that Saudi restored its production back to original capacity sooner than expected means investors had to price out raised supply risks at a faster clip than would have otherwise been the case.