Earlier

Adjective
earlier
 * 1) occurring previously
 * I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.
 * I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.

Adverb
earlier
 * 1) previously; before now; sooner
 * I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.
 * I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.

Thesaurus
aforetime, already, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, as yet, before, before all, before now, beforehand, beforetime, ci-devant, down, early, elder, ere, ere then, erenow, erewhile, erst, erstwhile, first, fore, foregoing, former, formerly, heretofore, historically, hitherto, in the past, in times past, inferior, lower, lowest, nether, older, once, only yesterday, or ever, preceding, precurrent, preexistent, prehistorically, previous, previously, prime, prior, priorly, recently, senior, so far, sooner, subjacent, then, theretofore, thus far, under, whilom, yesterday, yet

Adjective

 * Dutch: eerder
 * Finnish: ,


 * Portuguese: mais cedo
 * Russian: более ранний


 * Finnish: ,


 * Portuguese: ,

Adverb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 前一陣, 前一阵
 * Finnish: ,


 * German: ,
 * Russian:, ранее


 * Finnish: ,