Synonyms for late
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : leɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for late Other synonyms for the word late
- advanced
- asleep
- backward
- behind
- behind time
- behindhand
- belated
- belatedly
- blown
- bygone
- cold
- deceased
- defunct
- delayed
- departed
- dilatorily
- dilatory
- eleventh-hour
- erstwhile
- ex-
- exanimate
- extinct
- former
- gone
- held up
- hung up
- in a bind
- in the lurch
- inanimate
- jammed
- just out
- lagging
- lifeless
- missed the boat
- modern
- onetime
- out of luck
- overdue
- postponed
- preceding
- put off
- quondam
- remiss
- stayed
- strapped
- tardily
- tardy
- too late
- unpunctual
Définition of late
Origin :- Old English læt "occurring after the customary or expected time," originally "slow, sluggish," from Proto-Germanic *lata- (cf. Old Norse latr "sluggish, lazy," Middle Dutch, Old Saxon lat, German laß "idle, weary," Gothic lats "weary, sluggish, lazy," latjan "to hinder"), from PIE *led- "slow, weary" (cf. Latin lassus "faint, weary, languid, exhausted," Greek ledein "to be weary"), from root *le- "to let go, slacken" (see let (v.)).
- The sense of "deceased" (as in the late Mrs. Smith) is from late 15c., from an adverbial sense of "recently." Of women's menstrual periods, attested colloquially from 1962. Related: Lateness. As an adverb, from Old English late.
- adj not on time
- adj new
- adj dead
- adv at the last minute
- Since he went to Salamis in search of you, I have not seen him until late this evening.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Have you not of late struggled against the warnings of this friendly spirit?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- They walked rapidly to the station, but too late, of course, for the train.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Made rather a late start, owing to some of the horses straying.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- It was a very good season, but the expedition was too late in starting.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- It was late in August, and on the first of September Emilia was to be married.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Destructive wars ensued, which have of late only been terminated.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- I think it would be a greater tragedy if she has come too late.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- But the fact is I've got an appointment late this afternoon.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- It is rather too late in the day for you to see the registrar.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
Antonyms for late
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