- the comparative form of soon.
- within a shorter period:That day will come sooner than you think.
- earlier:I just wish I'd done it sooner.
- in preference to something else; more willingly or readily; rather:We might sooner trust the wind than trust our own frail resolutions.
- more likely or easily:It's a color you might sooner expect to find on a Lamborghini than on a BMW.
- eventually:Sooner or later his luck will run out.
- to prefer to; to prefer that:I would sooner not go to their party.I'd sooner you did the recording, as you're better at it than I am.
- a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- a person who gains an unfair advantage by getting ahead of others.
- a native or inhabitant of Oklahoma (the Sooner State ) (used as a nickname).
- the comparative of soon he came sooner than I thought
- rather; in preference
- immediately after or when
- eventually; inevitably
