7
soon(adjective, adverb, prompt, quick, unwarranted)
7
timely(adverb, time, opportunely)
7
antediluvian(adjective, start, original, old, venerable)
7
beforehand(adjective, adverb, time, prompt, intelligent)
7
primal(adjective, beginning, primary, primeval)
7
too soon(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, prompt)
6
embryonic(adjective, simple, beginning, opening, original)
6
foregoing(adjective, late, old, past, previous)
5
aboriginal(adjective, head, beginning, last, original)
5
ahead(adjective, adverb, time, head, beginning)
5
earliest(adjective, simple, clean, perfect, natural)
5
erstwhile(adjective, last, original, late, old)
5
in advance(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, time)
5
olden(adjective, original, late, old, past)
5
past(adjective, last, original, old, primitive)
5
preceding(adjective, adverb, quick, late, old)
5
prehistoric(adjective, before)
5
previous(adjective, adverb, last, quick, prime)
5
recent(adjective, new, inferior, little, late)
4
advance(adjective, time, first, forward, ahead)
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