Synonyms for behind
To the rear in space
in back of, following, after; see back.
Late in time
tardy, dilatory, behind time; see late 1, slow 2.
Slow in progress
sluggish, slow-moving, delayed, backward, underdeveloped, retarded, behind schedule, in arrears, belated, laggard; see also slow 1, 3.
Antonyms fast*, rapid, ahead of schedule.
See behind in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adverb
Not on time:
behindhand, belatedly, late, tardily. See timeSo as to fall behind schedule:
behindhand, late, slow. Idiom: behind time. See time
noun
- (Informal)
The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting:
buttock (used in plural), derrière, posterior, rump, seat. (Informal) backside, bottom, rear1. (Slang) bun (used in plural), fanny, tush. (Chiefly British) bum2. See over
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