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sooner than later

sooner than later is the alternative form of sooner rather than later.

Meaning of sooner rather than later

Adverb

sooner rather than later (comparative form only)

  1. (comparative-only) In the fairly near future; fairly soon.
    • I believe that therapists need to be proactive rather than laissez faire in addressing problems— if not immediately, then sooner rather than later.1994, Harold S. Bernard, K. Roy MacKenzie, Basics of Group Psychotherapy, page 156

Questions about sooner than later

What is sooner than later the alternative form of?
Sooner than later is the alternative form of sooner rather than later.

Words near sooner than later in the dictionary

  1. sooner child
  2. sooner or later
  3. sooner rather than later
  4. Sooner State
  5. Sooner Stater
  6. sooner than later
  7. sooner then later
  8. Sooners
  9. soonest
  10. soong
  11. Soongs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sooner than later (page history and authors); sooner rather than later (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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