Antonyms for belated


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bih-ley-tid
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈleɪ tɪd


Definition of belated

Origin :
  • 1610s, "overtaken by night," past participle adjective from belate "to make late, detain," from be- + late. Sense of "coming past due, behind date" is from 1660s. Related: Belatedly.
  • adj late, slow
Example sentences :
  • And still more of this belated spring will gladden the eye in the florist's window.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Belated vacations and illness had depleted the training-school.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The belated patients and pilgrims had arrived during this alert.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • "Your thanks are belated," said the young man, with a visible attempt at gaiety.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • They had penetrated the mists of alcohol, and stirred a belated contrition.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • And the belated blackbird paused on the way to its nestlings.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • Joan laid it carefully aside and brought on their belated breakfast.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Only then did he make a belated reply to Culver's statement.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • On this occasion he was belated because he had sat up nursing a wounded comrade.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • They are belated, and the Indians are at their bloody work when they arrive.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for belated

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