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Definitions

behind time

ADJECTIVE

belated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delayed long-delayed overdue tardy

WEAK

behindhand remiss unpunctual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

early

WEAK

on time punctual timely

ADJECTIVE

late

Synonyms

STRONGEST

last-minute slow

WEAK

backward behind behindhand belated blown delayed dilatory eleventh hour gone held up hung up in a bind in the lurch jammed lagging missed the boat out of luck overdue postponed put off remiss stayed strapped tardy too late unpunctual

Antonyms

WEAK

antique early live old old-fashioned on time prompt punctual

ADJECTIVE

overdue

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belated delinquent outstanding tardy unpaid

WEAK

behindhand due held up hung up jammed long-delayed mature not punctual owing payable unpunctual unsettled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

early on time paid punctual settled

ADVERB

behind

Synonyms

STRONG

in debt late slow

WEAK

backward behind schedule behindhand belated delayed dilatory have to play catch up in arrears overdue sluggish tardy

Antonyms

STRONG

paid paid up

ADVERB

belatedly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

slowly

STRONG

tardily

WEAK

behind behindhand dilatorily

ADVERB

late

Synonyms

STRONGEST

slowly

STRONG

belatedly tardily

WEAK

backward behind behindhand dilatorily unpunctual

Antonyms

WEAK

early on time punctually

ADVERB

tardily

Synonyms

STRONG

belatedly slowly

WEAK

backward behind behindhand dilatorily unpunctual

Example Sentences

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They will be able to visit at Tardis tech room, and look at the science behind time travel and ask whether it is really possible.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2022

It will be the 27th occasion the NPL has brought in a leap second to ensure that time based on the Earth’s rotation does not lag behind time kept by atomic clocks.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016

A former senior executive with Shell, Benard inherited a project running behind time and over budget with banks threatening to withdraw the funding needed to keep it afloat.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2016

The Old 97" go this way: "They gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia, Saying 'Pete, you're way behind time.

From Time Magazine Archive

So it sometimes happened that one and another was behind time, and came into the parlour while the reading was going on, or after prayers were over.

From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan

behind time

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