Later and Too soon

Later

Later adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.

Too soon is an antonym for later.

Too soon

Too soon adverb - Before the usual time or the time expected.

Later is an antonym for too soon in topics: premature, sooner than expected.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Shocked, she rejected him, saying it was too soon...only to accept a month and a half later.
  • And several strips later, the goblins encounter Haley and Belkar, and say that maybe they handed out the T-shirts too soon.
  • Series / The Secret Circle Jake later found her in her motel room and mentioned it being too soon for "blood letting", insinuating that as the usage for Cassie's blood.
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