on schedule

ADJECTIVE

punctual

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dependable expeditious

WEAK

accurate careful conscientious conscionable constant cyclic early exact fussy heedful in good time meticulous 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

ADVERB

on time

Synonyms

WEAK

dependable not delayed not late prompt punctual punctually reliable timely without delay

Example Sentences

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As she recalls in “Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance,” starting on Jan. 1, she devoted around 10 minutes each day to Tolstoy; she finished the book on Dec. 27, right on schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens,” Musk has said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

SpaceX didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but essentially, that’s right on schedule.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

China now has 38 nuclear reactor units under construction and is on schedule to exceed the U.S. capacity by 2030.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

The next Faerie Market was held on schedule on the other side of the wall.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

on schedule

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