Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Adverb

Adverb

Noun

The word "late" can be used as adjective, adjective, adverb, adverb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

early early early in time middle on time punctual time timely

Derived Terms

Walklate a day late and a dollar short alate as of late be late belate better late than never better to be late than be dead on time casually late day late, dollar short early and late fashionably late get late it's never too late to mend it's too late for sorry keep someone up late late antique late antiquity late binding late blight late bloomer late capitalism late capitalist late effect late fee late in the day late in the game late innings late lamented late model late modern late modernity late night late on late pass late position late riser late stage capitalism late tackle late to the ball late to the game late to the party late unpleasantness late-blooming late-bound late-breaking late-capitalist late-night late-stage capitalism late-term late-to-bedder late-type star late-wake latecomer latecoming lated lateish lately lateness lateover later lateshit latesome lateward latewood latish latred nonlate of late overlate run late sooner or later sorry I'm late stay up late too late two thousand and late you'll be late for your own funeral

Distinct From

early good punctual timely

Context

euphemistic linguistics not used comparatively often used with see usage notes

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

final

Related Terms

overdue

Related Terms

after behind behind schedule being being behind component darkness day day time dead deadline deceased due early expect formerly meetings menstrual night past past due period schedule shift soon sundown tardiness tardy time time component timeliness timing unprofessional

Similar Terms

New advanced advanced after hours after-hours dead dead latish latish modern modern new past posthumous posthumous ripe tardive tardive unpunctual

Synonym Network

belated belatedly deep latterly previous recent

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.