Thesaurus:premature

THESAURUS

premature

English

Adjective

Sense: at a time in advance of the usual; occurring before the proper time

Synonyms

• anticipatory
• early    [⇒ thesaurus]
• forward
• hasty
• precipitate
• precocious
• premature
• prevenient
• previous
• unseasonable
• untimely    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• nonpremature
• overdue    [⇒ thesaurus]
• punctual    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• rathe

Hypernyms

• untimely    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• unexpected
• unprepared

See also

• Thesaurus:prompt
• Thesaurus:prematurely

Further reading

• “132. earliness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “premature” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.