Antonyms for belated

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bih-ley-tid

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈleɪ tɪd

Definition of belated

Origin : 1610s, "overtaken by night," past participle adjective from belate "to make late, detain," from be- + late. Sense of "coming past due, behind date" is from 1660s. Related: Belatedly.

adj late, slow

Example sentences :

And still more of this belated spring will gladden the eye in the florist's window.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Belated vacations and illness had depleted the training-school.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The belated patients and pilgrims had arrived during this alert.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

"Your thanks are belated," said the young man, with a visible attempt at gaiety.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

They had penetrated the mists of alcohol, and stirred a belated contrition.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

And the belated blackbird paused on the way to its nestlings.
Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

Joan laid it carefully aside and brought on their belated breakfast.
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Only then did he make a belated reply to Culver's statement.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

On this occasion he was belated because he had sat up nursing a wounded comrade.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

They are belated, and the Indians are at their bloody work when they arrive.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for belated

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