betimes

1. 1.

   in good time

   “he awoke betimes that morning”

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Questions about betimes

What does betimes mean?

betimes means "in good time".

How many syllables are in betimes?

betimes has 2 syllables: beti-mes. The stress falls on "beti".

What is another word for betimes?

Close synonyms include early. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is betimes a common word?

betimes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.