What keeps you up so late?
Source: tatoeba (1473)
Late
/leɪt/
Synonyms for "late" (226 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (46)
Verb(2 words)
after timeahead of timeanachronisticancientantedatedarrestedasleepasleep in jesusat restbackbackwardbeforehandbehindbehind timebehindhandbelatedbelatedlybereft of lifeblockedbreathless
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (67)
defunctdelayeddelayed-actiondelinquentdemiseddeparteddeparted this lifedestitute of lifedetaineddilatorydone forearlyerstwhileexamineexanimateextinctfallenfar onfinishedfood for worms
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foreforedatedformerformerlyfreshgonegone to glorygone westheld upheretoforehung upill-advisedill-consideredill-seasonedill-timedimmemorialimpededimproperin a bindin abeyanceinanimateinappropriateinauspiciousinconvenientinexpedientinfelicitousinopportuneintempestiveintrusiveirrelevantjammedlastlate lamentedlatelylaterlatishlatter
Adverb(3 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (113)
latterlylaunched into eternitylifelesslostmal a proposmalaproposmartyredmetachronisticmisdatedmistimedmodernmoratorynever on timenewnewly comeno morenone too soonobstructedof lateof yesterday
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off baseoldoldenonceonetimeout of dateout of lineout of phaseout of seasonout of timeoverdueparachronisticpassed onpastpast duepostdatedposthumousprecedingprehistoricprematurepreviouspreviouslyprimevalprimitivepriorprochronisticpushing up daisiesquondamrecentrecentlyreleasedreposingresting easyretardedsaintedset backsleepingslowslowed downsmitten with deathsometimestillstillbornstoppedtaken awaytaken offtardilytardythentoo latetoo soonunbefittingunfavorableunfitunfittingunfortunateunhandyunhappyunluckyunpropitiousunpunctualunreadyunripeunseasonableunsuitableuntimelyuntowardwhilomwith the lordwith the saintswithout lifewithout vital functionswrong
Verb(4 words)
Adjective(10 words)
Related word relations
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More general
5 entriesMore specific
11 entriesCollocations
10 entriesarrive latebe latelate 19th centurylate arrivallate onsetlate periodlate stagelate submissionstay latework late
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
3 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ուշ adj (near the end of the day)
Asturian
1 entries- sero adj (near the end of the day)
Bulgarian
1 entries- късен adj (near the end of the day)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 晏 adj (near the end of the day)
Czech
1 entries- pozdní adj (near the end of the day)
Dutch
2 entries- laat adj (near the end of the day)
- late adj (near the end of the day)
Esperanto
2 entries- -multaj adj (related to age)
- vespera adj (near the end of the day)
Faroese
2 entries- seint adj (near the end of the day)
- síðla adj (near the end of the day)
Finnish
2 entries- myöhä adj (near the end of the day)
- myöhäinen adj (near the end of the day)
French
1 entries- tard adj (near the end of the day)
German
1 entries- spät adj (near the end of the day)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 adj (near the end of the day)
Greek
1 entries- αργά adj (near the end of the day)
Hungarian
1 entries- késő adj (near the end of the day)
Icelandic
1 entries- seint adj (near the end of the day)
Ingrian
1 entries- mööhä adj (near the end of the day)
Italian
1 entries- tardo adj (near the end of the day)
Japanese
1 entries- 晩い adj (near the end of the day)
Latin
1 entries- tardus adj (near the end of the day)
Macedonian
1 entries- доцен adj (near the end of the day)
Old English
1 entries- læt adj (near the end of the day)
Polish
1 entries- późny adj (near the end of the day)
Portuguese
1 entries- tardio adj (near the end of the day)
Russian
1 entries- по́здний adj (near the end of the day)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- anmoch adj (near the end of the day)
Slovene
1 entries- pôzen adj (near the end of the day)
Spanish
4 entries- a finales de adj (related to age)
- largo (-añero) adj (related to age)
- largos adj (related to age)
- tarde adj (near the end of the day)
Swedish
1 entries- sen adj (near the end of the day)
Thai
1 entries- ดึก adj (near the end of the day)
Walloon
1 entries- tård adj (near the end of the day)
Yiddish
1 entries- שפּעט adj (near the end of the day)
Sample sentences
42 total sentences available.
Too late.
Source: tatoeba (1875)
I was late to school.
Source: tatoeba (2025)
It is never too late to learn.
Source: tatoeba (2061)
Showing 4 of 42 available sentences.