Sooner

Definition: Sooner

Sooner

Adverb

1. Comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected".

2. More readily or willingly; "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sooner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Synonyms: Sooner

Activity

Phrase: carpe diem; (opportunity); nulla dies sine linea; nec mora nec requies; the plot thickens; No sooner said than done; (early); "veni vidi vici"; catch a weasel asleep; abends wird der Faule fleissig; dictum ac factum; schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Alter; "the busy hum of men ".

Difficulty

Adjective: difficult, not easy, hard, tough; troublesome, toilsome, irksome; operose, laborious, onerous, arduous, Herculean, formidable; sooner said than done; more easily said than done, easier said than done.

Earliness

Phrase: no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner; tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre.

Futurity

Adverb: prospectively, hereafter, in future; kal, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow; in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time; eventually, ultimately, sooner or later; proximo; paulo post futurum; in after time; one of these days; after a time, after a while.

Haste

Phrase: sauve qui peut, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost; no sooner said than done; (early); a word and a blow; haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto; ohne Hast aber ohne Rast; "stand not upon the order of your going but go at once"; "swift, swift, you dragons of the night".

Instantaneity

Phrase: touch and go; no sooner said than done.

Adverb: instantaneously; Adjective: in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment; n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant; Noun: immediately; (early); extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash; (haste).

Obedience

Phrase: to hear is to obey; as you please, if you please; your wish is my command; as you wish; no sooner said than done.

The Present Time

When; whenever, whensoever; upon which, on which occasion; at another, at a different, at some other, at any- time; at various times; some one of these days, one of these days, one fine morning; eventually, some day, by and by, sooner or later; some time or other; once upon a time.

Crosswords: Sooner

Walter, I love you, but sooner or later, you're going to have to realize the fact that you're a god damn moron (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

Sooner or later they'll get me one way or another (The Grapes of Wrath; writing credit: John Steinbeck; Nunnally Johnson)

Sooner or later we've got to work at it no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz.)

I'm surprised you didn't come here sooner. (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

If only I'd gotten here sooner. (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury)

Everything crumbles sooner or later (Believe; performing artist: Elton John)

But you'll find out that sooner or later (Do What You Gotta Do; performing artist: Garth Brooks)

'Cause sooner or later it's over (Iris; performing artist: Goo Goo Dolls)

Cause they knew sooner or later hun was gettin' with Jay (Hey Papi; performing artist: Jay-Z)

But sooner or later that gentle persuader (Love will turn; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. (references; author: unknown)

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. (references; author: unknown)

Sooner or Later (1979)

A Girl Named Sooner (1975)

SOONER OR LATER  (performing artist: Grass Roots )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Cool Dead People: Obituaries of Real Folks We Wish We'd Met a Little Sooner (reference)

• Oklahoma : A Pictorial Guidebook of the Sooner State (reference)

• Oklahoma: A History of the Sooner State (reference)

• Sooner or Later (reference)

• Tales from the Sooner Sidelines: Oklahoma Football Legacy and Legends (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• BBMAK: Sooner and Later - Our First Year in America (reference)

• Sooner Century/18count Pre Pack (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sooner or Later (Tarde O Temprano) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The Hubble telescope reached a milestone several years sooner than scientists expected when it ... Credit: NASA.

Autumn pastimes. Sooner or later some of these hold-up men are going to tackle a callisthenics [i.e. calisthenics] enthusiast --. Credit: Library of Congress.

Join the Payroll Savings Plan : the sooner you start, the more you'll have. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The inconveniences of that condition, and the love and want of society, no sooner brought any number of them together, but they presently united and incorporated, if they designed to continue together. (Second Treatise of Government)

No sooner is the exploitation of the labourer by the manufacturer, so far, at an end, that he receives his wages in cash, than he is set upon by the other portions of the bourgeoisie, the landlord, the shopkeeper, the pawnbroker, etc. (reference)

The vote shall take place at such date as may be determined by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, but not sooner than six months or later than eighteen months after the establishment of the Commission in the area. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But no sooner was the distress known to Mr. Elton, than it was removed

Sooner or later, the submerged country floats to the surface and reappears

Sooner the better

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

A person who inherits the HD gene, and survives long enough, will sooner or later develop the disease. (references)

In general, the sooner such therapy is begun following infection, the quicker and more complete the recovery. (references)

Even when the underlying cause of dementia turns out to be Alzheimer's, there are advantages to finding out sooner rather than later. (references)

Business

The more securities a customer buys, the sooner the operator starts to provide services. (references)

It may take 15 - 20 years to transform the hospital sector, while reform of primary care should be completed sooner. (references)

As an example, medical progress now permits tube feeding of premature babies at home so they may be leave the hospital sooner. (references)

Economic History

Germany

The government's goal is a balanced budget by 2006, if not sooner. (references)

Jamaica

The prime minister may ask the governor general to call elections sooner, however. (references)

Iceland

The Althingi is composed of 63 members, elected every 4 years unless it is dissolved sooner. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sooner": if not sooner ♦ no sooner ... than ♦ no sooner said than done ♦ no sooner than ♦ sooner or later ♦ sooner State ♦ the sooner the better ♦ the sooner the later ♦ this happens sooner or later. Additional references.

Beginning with "sooner": sooner-arrive.

Ending with "sooner": soon-sooner, years-sooner.

Albanian

më shpejt. (various references)

Arabic 

‏عاجلا أو آجلا (sooner or later). (various references)

Bulgarian 

рано или късно (eventually, sooner or later), колкото по-скоро по-добре (the sooner the better). (various references)

Chinese 

快 (Quick). (various references)

Czech

dříve (beforehand, earlier, ere, erst, formerly, in former times, previously), dřív. (various references)

Finnish

pikemmin (quicker, rather), mieluummin (preferably, rather). (various references)

French

pionnier de la première heure. (various references)

German

eher (earlier, more, more easily, more likely, rather), früher (ahead, antecedent, before, earlier, former, formerly, in the past, previous, previously, prior, quondam, sometime). (various references)

Greek 

κάλλιο (rather), γρηγορότερα, μάλλον (further, likely, more, most, nay, quite, rather), ενωρίτερον, ταχύτερα. (various references)

Hebrew 

יפה שעה אחת קודם (the sooner the better), במוקדם או במאוחר (sooner or later). (various references)

Hungarian

minél elõbb, annál jobb (the sooner the better), elõbb-utóbb (sooner or later), amint lehetséges (the sooner the better). (various references)

Italian

prima (at first, at the outset, back, before, beforehand, earlier, first, first night, first of all, firstly, formerly, in advance, once, premiere, previously), piuttosto (better, kind of, little, preferably, pretty, quite, rather, somewhat, soon), appena (as soon as, barely, freshly, hardly, just, merely, new, only, only just, scarcely, soon). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

いち早い (might as well, promptly, rather). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いっそ (might as well, rather). (various references)

Korean 

빨리 (Faster, Fastest, Quick, Quicker, Quickest, soon, soonest). (various references)

Manx

s'leaie (soonest), b'leaie. (various references)

Pig Latin

oonersay.(various references)

Portuguese

mais cedo (earlier). (various references)

Romanian

zis şi fãcut (no sooner said than done), mai târziu (after, afterwards, in the sequel, later on, the sooner the later), mai devreme sãu mai târziu (sooner or later), mai curând (before, first, rather, the sooner the later), cu cât mai devreme cu atât mai bine (the sooner the better), cu cât mai curând (the sooner the better), cu atât mai bine (all the better, so much the better, the sooner the better), abia ... cã (no sooner ... than). (various references)

Russian 

скорее (more like, rather), раньше;скорее. (various references)

Scottish

luaithe (faster, speedier, swifter). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ranije (afore, anteriorly, before, beforehand, earlier, erenow, formerly, heretofore, previously), pre (afore, ago, anteriorly, back, before, earlier, ere, pre, preferably, previous to, prior to, rather). (various references)

Spanish

preferente (preference, preferential, prior), mas bien (rather), más temprano (earlier), más pronto, antes (above, aforetime, before, beforehand, erstwhile, first, first of all, firstly, formerly, in front of, in the past, once, previously, prior, rather). (various references)

Swedish

förr (aforetime, before, formerly, rather, yore). (various references)

Thai

ในไม่ช้า (anon, directly, soon). (various references)

Turkish

ne kadar çabuk olursa o kadar iyi (the sooner the better), er ya da geç (sooner or later), er geç (first or last, sooner or later). (various references)

Ukrainian

раніше (above, afore, aforetime, already, antecedently, anteriorly, before, before now, earlier on, erst, erstwhile, fore, formerly, in the past, previous to, previously, prior to, supra), швидше (be quick, first, hurry, hurry up, rather), охочіше. (various references)

ocius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "sooner": sooners. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sooner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mooner, pooner, satoner, sconer, scooner, shoner, shooner, soane, soner, sonir, sonker, sonner, sonor, sonore, sonter, soone, sooners, soonoer, sooter, soxer, Spooners, suner, Zeuner, zoner, zooner. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nooser.

-1 letter: noose, roose, senor, snore.

-2 letters: eons, erns, eros, noes, nose, ones, ores, roes, rose, sone, soon, sore, sorn.

-3 letters: ens, eon, ern, ers, noo, nor, nos, oes, one, ons, ore, ors, ose, res, roe, sen, ser, son.

-4 letters: en, er, es, ne, no, oe, on, or, os, re, so.

+1 letter: enroots, erosion, noosers, onerous, onshore, operons, orgones, snooker, snooper, snoozer, sooners, swooner.

+2 letters: borneols, burnoose, condores, consoler, corneous, coronels, coroners, coronets, crooners, endorsor, enormous, erosions, frondose, honorees, honorers, hormones, ionomers, loosener, mesotron, monomers, monteros, moonrise, moorhens, newsroom, notornes, oestrone, oreganos, outsnore, oversoon, poisoner, poorness, prognose, propones, schooner, shoehorn, snookers, snoopers, snoopier, snootier, snoozers, snoozier, spoonier, swooners, whoreson.