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late
adjective as in not on time
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backward, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blown, delayed, dilatory, eleventh hour, gone, held up, hung up, in a bind, in the lurch, jammed, lagging, missed the boat, out of luck, overdue, postponed, put off, remiss, stayed, strapped, tardy, too late, unpunctual
adjective as in dead
adverb as in at the last minute
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backward, behind, behind time, behindhand, dilatorily, unpunctual
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Example Sentences
I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
At the moment, the only chance I get is when I go do Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Are you bi-coastal now, between Portlandia and Late Night with Seth Meyers?
Late Wednesday night, French authorities reported that Mourad had surrendered to police, while the two brothers remained at large.
As he tried to make his way through a crowd of mourners late last month, he looked preoccupied and even disoriented.
The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.
But, there was also another which might not be quite so pleasing to Elizabeth, although Louis felt it came too late for him.
In 1856 she married Mesdag, who, rather late in life decided to follow the career of a painter.
He explains the late departure of the ships for Nueva España, and the consequent mortality reported on one of them.
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On this page you'll find 139 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to late, such as: last minute, slow, backward, behind, behindhand, and behind time.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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