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| Main Entry: | precocious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding |
| Synonyms: | advanced, aggressive, ahead of time, beforehand, bold, brassy*, bright, cheeky*, cocky*, developed, early, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, intelligent, mature, nervy, premature, presumptuous, pushy, quick, sassy*, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | stupid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | advanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ahead in position, time, manner |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, breakthrough, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional, cutting-edge, leading-edge |
| Antonyms: | after, behind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beforehand |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | early |
| Synonyms: | advanced, ahead, ahead of time, already, ante, before, earlier, fore, precocious, previous, previously, antecedently, before now, in advance, in anticipation, precedently, sooner |
| Antonyms: | after, afterward, behind, later |
| Main Entry: | forward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advancing, early |
| Synonyms: | ahead, forth, leading, onward, precocious, premature, progressive, forward-looking, in advance, progressing, propulsive, well-developed |
| Antonyms: | backward, later, past, reversing |
| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sooner than expected |
| Synonyms: | advanced, ahead of time, beforehand, direct, immature, immediate, preceding, precocious, premature, previous, prompt, pronto, punctual, quick, seasonable, soon, speedy, unexpected, untimely, anticipative, anticipatory, before appointed time, matinal, on short notice, on the dot, overearly, oversoon, precipitant, preexistent, unanticipated |
| Antonyms: | later |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent |
| Synonyms: | acute, advanced, alert, astute, aware, brainy, brilliant, clever, discerning, ingenious, inventive, keen, knowing, precocious, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, whiz kid*, wide-awake, Einstein, clear-headed, eggheaded, having smarts |
| Antonyms: | dull, stupid, unaware, unintelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
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early, anticipatory, forward, immediate, in time, near, near at hand, precipitate, precocious, premature, prepunctual, prevenient, prime, prompt, punctual, rath, sudden, summary, timely, unexpected
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| Main Entry: | impolite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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impolite, short, abusive, acrimonious, austere, bearish, biting, bitter, blackguard, bluff, blunt, boorish, brusque, brutal, caustic, cavalier, churlish, contumelious, cool, crabbed, dedecorous, discourteous, forward, foul-mouthed, foul-spoken, grim, gruff, harsh, ill-behaved, ill-bred, ill-conditioned, ill-mannered, immorigerous, imprudent, inaffable, obtrusive, peevish, pert, perverse, precocious, repulsive, rough, rude, rugged, sarcastic, saucy, sharp, snarling, sour, stern, sullen, surly, surly as a bear, tart, trenchant, unaccommodating, unbred, unceremonious, uncivil, uncivilized, uncomplaisant, uncourteous, uncourtly, ungainly, ungallant, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanlike, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unladylike, unmannered, unmannerly, unneighborly, unpolished, unpolite, venomous, virulent, vulgar
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| Main Entry: | unprepared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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crude, incomplete, unprepared, abortive, caught napping, coarse, dismantled, disqualified, embryonic, fallow, green, happy-go-lucky, ill-digested, immature, imprompt, improvident, in a state of nature, in dishabille, in the rough, indigested, natural, out of gear, out of order, precocious, premature, raw, rough, rough cast, rough hewn, rudimental, shiftless, thoughtless, unarranged, unbegun, unblown, unboiled, unconcocted, uncooked, uncultivated, undigested, undressed, undrilled, uneducated, unequipped, unexercised, unfashioned, unfitted, unfledged, unformed, unfurnished, unguarded, unhatched, unhewn, unlabored, unleavened, unlicked, unmellowed, unnurtured, unorganized, unpolished, unpremeditated, unprovided, unqualified, unready, unripe, unseasoned, unsown, untaught, untilled, untrained, untrimmed, untutored, unwrought, without preparation
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