SOONER meaning: Earlier than expected or scheduled

We found 23 dictionaries that define the word sooner:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

sooner: Merriam-Webster
sooner: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
sooner: Collins English Dictionary
Sooner, sooner: Vocabulary.com
Sooner, sooner: Wordnik
sooner: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Sooner, sooner: Wiktionary
sooner: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
sooner: Infoplease Dictionary
sooner: Dictionary.com
sooner: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Sooner: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
sooner: Rhymezone
sooner: FreeDictionary.org
sooner: Mnemonic Dictionary
sooner: TheFreeDictionary.com
sooner: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)

sooner: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

sooner: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

sooner, Sooner: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
sooner: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adverb:  rather.
▸ noun:  (informal) A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma
▸ noun:  (collegiate sports) A competitor representing the University of Oklahoma.
▸ noun:  (historical) One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement in the Oklahoma land rush, in order to obtain land sooner.

Similar:

earlier, rather, preferably, later, quicker, shortly, longer, better, faster, before, more...

Opposite:

later, afterward, subsequently, eventually, hereafter

Types:

red, white, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, pink, brown, more...

Phrases:

would sooner, sooner or later, Sooner State, no sooner than, no sooner said than done, more...

Adjectives:

old, cold, only, rupture, perfect, much, first

Colors:

crimson, cream, red, maroon, burgundy, more...