early birdnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɜː.li ˌbɜːd/us/ˈɝː.li ˌbɝːd/humorousa person who gets up or arrives early
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Early
- be up with the lark idiom
- belated
- better
- better late than never idiom
- early
- first
- good
- ill-timed
- in good time idiom
- lark
- mistime
- postdate
- premature
- prepone
- pumpkin
- schedule
- short
- the early bird catches the worm idiom
- turn into a pumpkin idiom
Examples from literature
- The early birds awoke at four o'clock, and I was one of their number.
- The only real disadvantage was the noise made by early risers in the morning, convincing us more than ever of the essential selfishness of the early bird.
- We farmers are early birds, you know.
- What early birds the people are here.
- You are an early bird!