Late Synonyms and Antonyms

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Tardy
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. belated
  2. overdue
  3. recent
  4. delayed
  5. later
  6. too late
  7. held-up
  8. erstwhile
  9. stayed
  10. postponed
  11. former
  12. put off
  13. not on time
  14. old
  15. behind-time
  16. advanced
  17. lagging
  18. after
  19. once
  20. remiss
  21. onetime
  22. behindhand
  23. dilatory
  24. backward
  25. past
  26. not in time
  27. in the lurch
  28. neoteric
  29. previous
  30. later than you think
  31. at the eleventh hour
  32. posterior
  33. lately
  34. quondam
  35. in recent times
  36. procrastinating
  37. a short time ago
  38. sometime
  39. procrastinative
  40. procrastinatory
  41. whilom
  42. subsequent
  43. subsequently
  44. succedent
  45. tardy
Antonyms:
  1. early
  2. punctual
  3. on-time
  4. fast
Far into the night
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. tardy
  2. belated
  3. nocturnal
  4. behindhand
  5. night-loving
  6. after-hours
  7. advanced
  8. overdue
  9. toward morning
  10. after midnight
Antonyms:
  1. early
  2. punctual
  3. on-time
  4. prompt
  5. middle
Recently dead
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dead
  2. defunct
  3. deceased
  4. departed
  5. asleep
  6. extinct
  7. gone
  8. lifeless
Antonyms:
  1. live
  2. alive
  3. existing
Recent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. new
  2. just out
  3. recently published
Not on time
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. behind
  2. behindhand
  3. belatedly
  4. tardily
  5. belated
  6. contemporary
  7. dead
  8. deep
  9. deceased
  10. delayed
  11. departed
  12. former
  13. lagging
  14. new
  15. overdue
  16. past
  17. postponed
  18. recent
  19. tardy
  20. unpunctual
Antonyms:
  1. early
So as to fall behind schedule
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. behind
  2. behindhand
  3. slow
At an advanced cultural stage
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. former
  2. developed
  3. cultured
  4. advanced
  5. previous
Antonyms:
  1. former
  2. early
  3. old
  4. old-fashioned
  5. antique
  6. middle
Not long ago
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. lately
  2. recently
  3. latterly
  4. of-late
Antonyms:
  1. on-time
  2. early
  3. punctually
Dead, especially if only recently deceased:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dead
Coming, occurring, continuing, or remaining after the correct, usual, or expected time; delayed:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. tardy
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. delay
  2. procrastinate
  3. tarry

Words Related to Late

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. fresh
  2. modern
  3. near
  4. precede
  5. time
  6. mid-late
  7. early-mid
  8. more recent
  9. most recent
  10. forthcoming

Late Sentence Examples

  • It's late, and I'm tired.

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

  • But you'll be late for dinner.

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

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

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