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late
Synonyms and Antonyms of late
- I ran as fast as I could, but was still late for class
- the late musical director said he would never have allowed such behavior while he was in charge
- our late granduncle remembered us in his will
- late impressionism gave rise to pointillism
full-blown, full-fledged, full-scale
aged, grown, mature, matured, perfected, ripe, ripened
civilized, educated, enhanced, enlightened
contemporary, current, cutting-edge, latest, leading-edge, mod, modern, new, newest, newfangled, new-fashioned, novel, now, present-day, recent, space-age, supermodern, ultramodern, up-to-date
green, immature, underdeveloped, undersized (also undersize), underweight, unripe, unripened
savage, uncivilized, uneducated
early, embryonic, germinal, primeval, primordial
antediluvian, antiquated, antique, dated, fusty, hoary, musty, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé, past
Synonym Discussion of late
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- a dead, listless performance
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- a defunct television series
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- the estate of the deceased
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- our departed sister
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- the company's late president
late
Synonyms and Antonyms of late
- she has a habit of arriving late for everything
afterward (or afterwards), anon, eventually, later, latterly, subsequently, thereafter
- the actress, late of New York but now of Los Angeles, is being eagerly sought for film roles
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