At the moment
Earlier and at the moment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Earlier" instead an adverb phrase "At the moment".
Earlier
Earlier adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
At the moment and earlier are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "At the moment" instead an adverb "Earlier".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- forward and at the moment
- forward and earlier
- in anticipation and at the moment
- in anticipation and earlier
- then and at the moment
- then and earlier
- before and at the moment
- before and earlier
- previously and at the moment
- previously and earlier
- long ago and at the moment
- long ago and earlier
- formerly and at the moment
- formerly and earlier
Both terms in one sentence
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Self-Made Orphan: Like fellow X-villain Proteus, Selene's mutant powers manifested much earlier than is normal for mutants - specifically, at the moment of her birth.
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Earlier in The Belgariad, when Belgarath's identity is still a tenuous secret and source of much confusion to Garion, the old man states that he has many names and chooses to go by "Wolf" at the moment, suggesting he takes many aliases as he travels the world.
Source: I Have Many Names - Luffy angrily battles Zoro because he had slaughtered most of the villagers of an island (early on into the Baroque Works arc), who had given the Straw Hats plenty of food earlier on (pointed out by Luffy looking like an impossibly fat slob at the moment).
Source: This Is Unforgivable!
Cite this Source
Earlier and At the moment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/at_the_moment/earlier
At the moment & Earlier. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/at_the_moment/earlier>.
Earlier or At the moment. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/at_the_moment/earlier.
