well-timed

adjective

ˈwel-ˈtīmd 

: happening at an opportune moment : timely

a well-timed announcement

Synonyms of well-timed

• timely
• anticipated
• opportune
• proper

Examples of well-timed in a Sentence

the release of the novel was well-timed: a week later the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature

Recent Examples on the Web

Bukayo Saka’s return to form and fitness is well-timed for the home side. —Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 4 May 2026

Thanks to the Adrien Brody film, brutalist architecture has been having a moment in 2025, which makes the opening of Fairmont Golden Prague, set in a brutalist classic from 1974, very well-timed. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

In a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig first obtained by CNBC, Torres cites reports on a series of irregular and well-timed trades in the minutes ahead of Trump calling a pause on hostilities. —Emily Wilkins,justin Papp, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026

The water and heat effects were well-timed. —Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for well-timed

• begrimed
• sublimed
• chimed
• climbed
• limed
• mimed
• primed
• rhymed
• timed