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

MLAs in her south Antrim constituency, as well as its MP Robin Swann, have written a joint letter to the CBA asking it to allow the trial to proceed on schedule.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

For one, the money borrowed isn’t taxable as long as the loan is repaid on schedule.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

But when “Masquerade” producers were struggling to figure out how to make it so the actors and the audience moved through the show on schedule, Broucke, 26, volunteered his background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Right on schedule, the sky above the horizon flashed white, then glowed green, pink, and red.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

on schedule

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