Late — synonyms, late antonyms, definition

1. late (a)

advanced asleep at night backward behind behindhand belated bygone contemporary continued crisp current dead deceased defaulting defunct delayed delinquent departed dilatory • • •

2. late (Adjective)

later previous early middle

late (Adjective) — Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time. ex. "late evening" ex. "late 18th century" ex. "a late movie" ex. "took a late flight" ex. "had a late breakfast"

late (Adjective) — After the expected or usual time; delayed. ex. "I'm late for the plane" ex. "the train is late"

late (Adjective) — Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time. ex. "a late development" ex. "their late quarrel"

late (Adjective) — Having died recently. ex. "her late husband"

late (Adjective) — (linguistics) of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages. ex. "Late Greek"

late (Adjective) — At or toward an end or late period or stage of development. ex. "the late phase of feudalism" ex. "a later symptom of the disease" ex. "later medical science could have saved the child"

late (Adjective) — (used especially of persons) of the immediate past. ex. "our late President is still very active"

Timing

3. late (Adverb)

as of late belatedly deep lately latterly of late recently tardily early

late (Adverb) — Later than usual or than expected. ex. "the train arrived late" ex. "we awoke late" ex. "the children came late to school"

late (Adverb) — To an advanced time. ex. "talked late into the evening"

late (Adverb) — At an advanced age or stage. ex. "she married late" ex. "undertook the project late in her career"

late (Adverb) — In the recent past. ex. "as late as yesterday she was fine" ex. "feeling better of late" ex. "he was in Paris as of late"