Synonyms for behind time
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
Top 10 synonyms for behind time Other synonyms for the word behind time
- backward
- behind
- behind schedule
- behind time
- behindhand
- belated
- blown
- delayed
- dilatorily
- dilatory
- due
- eleventh-hour
- gone
- have to play catch up
- held up
- hung up
- in a bind
- in arrears
- in the lurch
- jammed
- lagging
- long delayed
- mature
- missed the boat
- not punctual
- out of luck
- overdue
- owing
- payable
- postponed
- put off
- remiss
- sluggish
- stayed
- strapped
- tardy
- too late
- unpunctual
- unsettled
Définition of behind time
- As in late : adj not on time
- As in overdue : adj late, behind schedule
- As in belated : adj late, slow
- As in late : adv at the last minute
- As in behind : adv in debt; late
- As in belatedly : adv late
- As in tardily : adv late
- If you are not behind time so far this is where you drop a quarter of an hour.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 » by Various
- "Five minutes behind time" has ruined many a man and many a firm.
- Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden
- "It is full half an hour behind time," looking at her watch.
- Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- They were behind time and the train seemed to loiter in serenest unconcern.
- Extract from : « Play the Game! » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- The fat Major will arrive in Révonde behind time—that is all.
- Extract from : « A Modern Mercenary » by Kate Prichard and Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard
- But they are behind time, and the others will reach the boat before them!
- Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
- It is a great thing to know how to roll on so as never to be behind time.
- Extract from : « The White Rose of Memphis » by William C. Falkner
- Where have you been lingering, that you are behind time at school?
- Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre
- Tom thought that the Nancy Hazlewood was at least three weeks behind time.
- Extract from : « Within the Capes » by Howard Pyle
- They might be said to be about three weeks behind time, and the cuckoo a fortnight.
- Extract from : « Field and Hedgerow » by Richard Jefferies
Antonyms for behind time
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