timelier

ADJECTIVE

at the right time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate convenient prompt proper up-to-date up-to-the-minute

STRONG

well-timed

WEAK

auspicious favorable fit fitting in good time in the nick of time judicious likely meet modern now opportune pat promising propitious prosperous punctual seasonable suitable timeous towardly with it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improper unsuitable unsuited

WEAK

inappropriate inopportune untimely

Example Sentences

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timelier

Yet A House of Dynamite could scarcely be timelier.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026

The Education Department’s recent launch of a portal for universities’ foreign-funding disclosures was even timelier than officials likely realized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

But unfortunately for the Fed, the timelier releases won’t come until after, Reid added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

CMS also argues the VRDC, which is already used by some external researchers, provides data in a timelier and more cost-effective manner.

From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2024

The beds i'th' East are soft, and thanks to you, That cal'd me timelier then my purpose hither: For I haue gained by't Caesar.

From Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare, William