Entry Word: due

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having reached the date at which payment is required <the loan is due next April>

Synonyms mature

Related Words delinquent, outstanding, overdue, owed, owing, receivable, unpaid, unsettled; payable

2 being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events <their train is due to arrive in half an hour>

Synonyms anticipated, awaited, expected, scheduled, slated

Near Antonyms belated, delinquent, dilatory, latish, overdue, tardy

3 being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong <all the participants in the trial are required to treat the judge with due respect> — see just 1