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Another word for late

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Adjective

  1. Not being on time

    See also:

    time

  2. Having been such previously

    See also:

    precede

  3. No longer alive

    Idioms:
    See also:

    live

Adverb

  1. Not on time

    See also:

    time

  2. So as to fall behind schedule

    Idioms:
    See also:

    time

  3. Not long ago

    Idioms:
    See also:

    time

    precede

    near

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Another word for late

Modifier

  1. Tardy

    See also:

    slow

    Antonyms:

  2. Recently dead

    See also:

    dead

  3. Recent

    See also:

    fresh

  4. Far into the night

  5. At an advanced cultural stage

    See also:

    dead

    modern

Idioms:

    of-late

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Sentence Examples

  • It's late, and I'm tired.

  • It's not too late to change your mind.

  • It was late day-three by our calculations when we broke through.

  • It's late and I have to get up early tomorrow.

  • But you'll be late for dinner.

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Words that mention late in the Dictionary

Words near late in the Thesaurus