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Synonyms for last-minute
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : min-it |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪn ɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for last-minute Other synonyms for the word last-minute
- backward
- behind
- behind time
- behindhand
- belated
- blown
- crowning
- delayed
- dilatory
- eleventh hour
- eleventh-hour
- gone
- held up
- high time
- hindmost
- hung up
- in a bind
- in the lurch
- jammed
- lagging
- latter
- missed the boat
- nick of time
- out of luck
- overdue
- postponed
- put off
- remiss
- stayed
- strapped
- supreme
- tardy
- terminal
- terminating
- too late
- under the wire
- unpunctual
Définition of last-minute
- As in late : adj not on time
- As in final : adj ending, last
- As in last minute : noun latest possible moment
- The confusion of last-minute preparations to receive them was at its height.
- Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
- If not claimed then, it would be filled from the last-minute waiting list.
- Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
- Kennon loaded the jeep with the last-minute items he would need.
- Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
- That, too, had been a last-minute addition, an experiment which had only had partial testing.
- Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
- It was a last-minute hunch with him--to settle the matter peaceably.
- Extract from : « The Alaskan » by James Oliver Curwood
- Again, as on that memorable fourth of July, eight months before, he was in his room at the Capitol signing the last-minute bills.
- Extract from : « Lincoln » by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
- Last-minute recalculations showed that the extra lightness of the new loaf might be great enough to cause drift during stackage.
- Extract from : « Bread Overhead » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
- Ella Monahan had a last-minute business appointment, but she promised to be at the dock, somehow, before the boat leaves.
- Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
- Allis noted with minute observance each little act in this pantomime of the last-minute plunge.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Then he waited, hoping against all reason that Moera and her organization would bring him a last-minute reprieve.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
Antonyms for last-minute
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