Hyphenation of earlier

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word earlier? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of earlier:

1.	(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than Most early A fashion popular in earlier times His earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera
2.	Earlier in time Previously I had known her before As I said before He called me the day before but your call had come even earlier Her parents had died four years earlier I mentioned that problem earlier
3.	Comparatives of `soon' or `early' Come a little sooner
4.	If you can Came earlier than I expected
5.	Before now Why didn't you tell me in the first place?

Synonyms of earlier:

adj	earliest, early
adj	early, aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial, advance, beforehand, archean, archaean, archeozoic, archaeozoic, azoic, earliest, earlyish, matutinal, premature, untimely, previous, premature, proterozoic, proto, wee, first
adj	early, archaic, primitive, new, young, crude, primitive, rude, embryonic, embryotic, incipient, inchoate, precocious
adj	early, former, other, past
adj	early, young, immature
adj	early, Old
adj	early, future
adv	before
adv	sooner
adv	in the first place, in the beginning, to begin with, originally

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.