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Adjective late has 7 senses
- late - being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"
Antonyms: up-to-the-minute, latest, late, early, aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial, advance, beforehand, archean, archaean, archeozoic, archaeozoic, azoic, earlier, earliest, earlyish, matutinal, untimely, previous, premature, proterozoic, proto, wee, middle, intervening, mid
Antonym: noncurrent (indirect, via current)
Antonym: noncurrent (indirect, via current)
- belated, late, tardy - after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments"
Antonyms: latest, last, newest, up-to-date, cutting-edge, with-it, 7 senses of late , belated, late, tardy
Antonyms: unfashionable, unstylish (indirect, via fashionable)
Antonym: punctual (indirect, via unpunctual)
Antonyms: unfashionable, unstylish (indirect, via fashionable)
Antonym: punctual (indirect, via unpunctual)
- late, recent - of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal"
Antonyms: late, recent
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: future (indirect, via past, present)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: future (indirect, via past, present)
- late - having died recently; "her late husband"
Antonym: late
Antonym: alive (indirect, via dead)
Antonym: alive (indirect, via dead)
- late - of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek"
Antonyms: late, early, Old, middle
- late, later - at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"
Antonyms: late, later, early, archaic, new, young, crude, primitive, rude, embryonic, embryotic, incipient, inchoate, precocious
- former, late, previous - (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"
Antonyms: former, late, previous
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: future (indirect, via past, present)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: future (indirect, via past, present)
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