Thesaurus:lateness

Thesaurus

lateness

English

Noun

Sense: the property of happening after the proper time

Synonyms

• behindhandness
• belatedness
• lateness
• tardiness
• tardity

Antonyms

• earliness    [⇒ thesaurus]
• punctuality    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• untimeliness    [⇒ thesaurus]

Related terms

• Thesaurus:overdue
• Thesaurus:belatedly

Further reading

• “133. lateness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “lateness” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.