soonest

1. 1.

   with the least delay

   “the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M.”

   Synonymsearliest

Questions about soonest

What does soonest mean?

soonest means "with the least delay".

How many syllables are in soonest?

soonest has 2 syllables: soo-nest. The stress falls on "soo". In IPA it is /ˈsunəst/.

What is another word for soonest?

Close synonyms include earliest. 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 soonest a common word?

soonest is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.