most punctual

ADJECTIVE

on time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dependable expeditious

WEAK

accurate careful conscientious conscionable constant cyclic early exact fussy heedful in good time meticulous on schedule on the button on the dot on the nose painstaking particular periodic precise prompt punctilious quick ready recurrent regular reliable scrupulous seasonable steady strict timely under the wire

Antonyms

WEAK

late tardy

Example Sentences

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Not an auspicious beginning to an hour-long conversation with England’s loudest and most punctual band.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Despite those stumbles, data from consultancies OAG and Cirium showed Delta as the most punctual U.S. airline last year.

From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2023

Overall, 75 of the 100 best-performing busy stations in the UK are in the capital, and London Overground is one of the top three most punctual railway lines, rail tracker website On Time Trains found.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2023

The most punctual global airline of 2022 was Garuda Indonesia, according to fresh analysis by travel data provider OAG, with 95.63% of the carrier’s flights coming in on time.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

We shall pay the most punctual obedience to these and all other orders of Congress, as long as our funds shall last.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Sparks, Jared