Meanings
comparative more prematurely · superlative most prematurely
- In a premature manner; too soon or too early.
prematurely sacked
3 more examples
publish an obituary prematurely
prematurely rejected
The speaker was a tall, rawboned man with prematurely gray hair and a portion of his left earlobe missing.
1988, Edward R. Jones, chapter 10, in Hacksaw, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine, →ISBN, page 90Synonyms: betimes, early, early doors, oversoon, unripely, untimely
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a premature manner; too soon or too early.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbtoo soon; in a premature manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishpremature
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishprematurely
Translations
Catalan prematurament
- prematuramentin a premature manner
Finnish ennenaikaisesti
- ennenaikaisestiin a premature manner
French prématurément
- prématurémentin a premature manner
German voreilig, vorschnell
- voreiligin a premature manner
- vorschnellin a premature manner
- vorzeitigin a premature manner
- zu frühin a premature manner
- prämatur (med.)in a premature manner
Greek πρόωρα
- πρόωρα (próora)in a premature manner
Italian prematuramente
- prematuramentein a premature manner
Polish przedwcześnie, awansem
- przedwcześniein a premature manner
- awansemin a premature manner
Portuguese prematuramente
- prematuramentein a premature manner
Romanian prea devreme, în mod prematur
- prea devremein a premature manner
- în mod prematurin a premature manner
- înainte de vremein a premature manner
Russian преждевре́менно
- преждевре́менно (preždevrémenno)in a premature manner
Spanish prematuramente
- prematuramentein a premature manner
Swedish i förtid
- i förtidin a premature manner
Turkish erken, erkenden
- erkenin a premature manner
- erkendenin a premature manner
Cite this entry
prematurely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prematurely
“prematurely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prematurely. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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