early arrival
Before expected time
Early arrival is showing up before the expected or scheduled time.
The phrase can describe a person who arrives ahead of others, a baby born before its due date, or any event that happens sooner than anticipated: Early arrivals can help set up the chairs.
The early arrival of winter caught farmers off guard.
- punctualArriving when scheduled
- ahead of scheduleBefore the planned time
- aheadIn the lead
- prematureOccurring before expected
- anticipationState of awaiting something
waiting · eager · first · dawn · sunrise · doorstep · unexpected · surprise · preparation · red eye flight · readiness · prompt · beating the clock · threshold · lobby · anxious · keen · impatient
- flightsdeparture, nonstop flight, boarding, connecting flight, domestic flight
- work habitspunctuality, attendance, productivity, professionalism, reliability
- first-generationimmigrant, pioneer, settler, founding member
- speedspeed, quickness, rate, velocity, pace
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- booking problemsdouble booking, overbooking, wrong date, wrong dates, rebooking
early arrivallate arrival
Person appearing after expected
tardiness · lateness · showing up late · behind schedule · running late
early arrivalno-show
One who fails to appear
non-arrival · absence · failure to appear · non-appearance · missing
early, arrival, earlier, earliest, earliness, arrive, arrives, arrived, arriving