too late

ADJECTIVE

late

Synonyms

STRONGEST

last-minute slow

WEAK

backward behind behind time 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 unpunctual

Antonyms

WEAK

antique early live old old-fashioned on time prompt punctual

ADJECTIVE

tardy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belated delayed delinquent overdue sluggish

WEAK

backward behindhand dawdling detained dilatory held up hung up in a bind jammed laggard loitering not arrived not done procrastinating slack slow strapped for time unpunctual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

early

WEAK

on time prompt punctual ready

ADJECTIVE

untimely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ill-timed improper premature undue unfortunate

WEAK

a bit previous abortive anachronistic awkward badly timed bright and early disagreeable early early bird early on inauspicious inconvenient inexpedient inopportune intrusive malapropos mistimed out-of-date overearly oversoon previous soon too early unfavorable unfit unlucky unpropitious unseasonable unseemly unsuitable unsuited wrong

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate good suitable

WEAK

opportune timely

Example Sentences

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"I didn't realise that there was a very tight bend coming up and when I realised... it was too late for me to do anything."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Billionaire Elon Musk was too late to file his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, or so a California jury found, rejecting his claims against the artificial intelligence rival.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The complaint “was filed too late, against the wrong party, and for an unsupported and excessive sum of damages,” the filing said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

“It’s too late now to gin up something to harm a competitor,” Bill Savitt, a lawyer for OpenAI, had argued in his opening statement.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

She scrambles for those instead, but it’s too late.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

too late

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