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behind time

ADJECTIVE
belated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delayed long-delayed overdue tardy
WEAK
behindhand remiss unpunctual
Antonyms
STRONGEST
early
WEAK
on time punctual timely
ADJECTIVE
late
Synonyms
STRONGEST
last-minute slow
WEAK
backward behind 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
Antonyms
WEAK
antique early live old old-fashioned on time prompt punctual
ADJECTIVE
overdue
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belated delinquent outstanding tardy unpaid
WEAK
behindhand due held up hung up jammed long-delayed mature not punctual owing payable unpunctual unsettled
Antonyms
STRONGEST
early on time paid punctual settled
ADVERB
behind
Synonyms
STRONG
in debt late slow
WEAK
backward behind schedule behindhand belated delayed dilatory have to play catch up in arrears overdue sluggish tardy
Antonyms
STRONG
paid paid up
ADVERB
belatedly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
slowly
STRONG
tardily
WEAK
behind behindhand dilatorily
ADVERB
late
Synonyms
STRONGEST
slowly
STRONG
belatedly tardily
WEAK
backward behind behindhand dilatorily unpunctual
Antonyms
WEAK
early on time punctually
ADVERB
tardily
Synonyms
STRONG
belatedly slowly
WEAK
backward behind behindhand dilatorily unpunctual

Example Sentences

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They will be able to visit at Tardis tech room, and look at the science behind time travel and ask whether it is really possible.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2022

It will be the 27th occasion the NPL has brought in a leap second to ensure that time based on the Earth’s rotation does not lag behind time kept by atomic clocks.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016

A former senior executive with Shell, Benard inherited a project running behind time and over budget with banks threatening to withdraw the funding needed to keep it afloat.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2016

The convention was already behind time when O'Brien started his speech.

From Time Magazine Archive

So it sometimes happened that one and another was behind time, and came into the parlour while the reading was going on, or after prayers were over.

From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.