late

The word “late” has 1 syllable: late

It's pronounced as /leɪt/

What is synonym and antonym for late?

In the thesaurus, “late” has 150 synonyms and 103 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for late along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for late

advanced
afterward
afterwards
aged
anon
asleep
backward
behind
behind time
behindhand
belated
belatedly
bitten the dust
blown
breathless
bygone
civilized
cold
contemporary
current
cutting-edge
dallying
dawdling
dead
deceased
defunct
delayed
delinquent
delinquently
demised
departed
detained
developed
dilatorily
dilatory
dillydallying
dragging
dying
educated
eleventh hour
enhanced
enlightened
erstwhile
eventually
evolved
ex-
exanimate
expired
extinct
fading
fallen
finished
former
forward
fresh
freshly
full-blown
full-fledged
full-scale
gone
grown
held up
high
higher
hung up
improved
in a bind
in the lurch
inanimate
insensate
jammed
just
just out
laggard
laggardly
lagging
lapsed
last-minute
lately
later
latest
latish
latterly
leading-edge
lifeless
long-ago
low
mature
matured
missed the boat
mod
modern
moribund
new
new-fashioned
newest
newfangled
newly
nonliving
novel
now
of late
old
once
onetime
only
other
out of luck
overdue
past
perfected
pokey
pokily
poky
postponed
preceding
precocious
present-day
previous
progressive
put off
quondam
recent
recently
refined
remiss
ripe
ripened
slow
slowly
sluggish
sluggishly
sometime
space-age
stayed
stillborn
strapped
subsequently
supermodern
tardily
tardy
terminated
thereafter
too late
ultramodern
unhurried
unpunctual
up-to-date
vanished
whilom

Antonyms for late

Neandertal
Neanderthal
active
ago
alive
anciently
animate
animated
antediluvian
antiquated
antique
backward
before
beforehand
breathing
coming
contemporary
current
dated
dynamic
earlier
early
embryonic
erstwhile
extant
formerly
functioning
fusty
future
germinal
going
green
heretofore
hitherto
hoary
immature
immediately
inopportune
inopportunely
live
lively
living
low
lower
musty
nonprogressive
obsolete
old
old-fashioned
old-time
oldfangled
on time
ongoing
operative
opportune
out-of-date
outworn
past
precocious
precociously
premature
prematurely
present
present-day
previously
primeval
primitive
primordial
prompt
promptly
pronto
prospective
punctual
punctually
quick
quickly
rapidly
rude
rudimentary
running
savage
seasonable
snappily
speedily
swiftly
thriving
timely
unborn
uncivilized
underdeveloped
undersize
undersized
underweight
undeveloped
uneducated
unripe
unripened
unseasonable
unseasonably
untimely
vibrant
vital
vivacious

Meanings of late

noun
1. A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
adjective
1. Near the end of a period of time.
2. Specifically, near the end of the day.
3. (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
4. Not arriving until after an expected time.
5. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
6. Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Often used with "the"; see usage notes.).
7. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
8. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
9. Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
adverb
1. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
2. Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
3. Not long ago; just now.

Example Sentences

I’m sorry for being late to the meeting.
The train arrived late, causing us to miss our connection.
It’s getting late, and I need to finish my homework.
She often stays up late to watch her favorite shows.
He was late to the party but made a grand entrance.

On this page you'll find 253 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to late, such as: Neandertal, Neanderthal, active, advanced, afterward, afterwards, aged.

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