too soon

1. 1.

   before the usual time or the time expected

   “she graduated early”

   “the house was completed ahead of time”

   Synonymsearlyahead of time

Questions about too soon

What does too soon mean?

too soon means "before the usual time or the time expected".

What is another word for too soon?

Close synonyms include early, ahead of time. 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 too soon a common word?

too soon 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.