What does earlier mean?
Earlier means comparative form of early: more early.
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/ˈɝliɚ/ · adjective
comparative form of early: more early.
I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.
I'd seen earlier (in the day).
To me it seems that extensive investment in relatively low-powered units may have the same ultimate result of motive power shortage as that which afflicts the London Midland Region today, and which has compelled the re-engining of some of the earlier multiple-unit diesel train sets.
Machine learning uses computer algorithms to teach machines to make independent decisions by learning from earlier or existing behavior.
From what I vaguely saw earlier this morning, when I had just woken up and was tidying my bed, a tall, bulky person left an unfamiliar box at my front door.
I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.
They were looking for some measuring equipment they had placed in the ice earlier.
Use earlier when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Earlier means comparative form of early: more early.
Common synonyms include past, before, early, originally.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.
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