Synonyms for last-minute


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : min-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪn ɪt

Top 10 synonyms for last-minute Other synonyms for the word last-minute

Définition of last-minute

  • As in late : adj not on time
  • As in final : adj ending, last
  • As in last minute : noun latest possible moment
Example sentences :
  • The confusion of last-minute preparations to receive them was at its height.
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
  • If not claimed then, it would be filled from the last-minute waiting list.
  • Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
  • Kennon loaded the jeep with the last-minute items he would need.
  • Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
  • That, too, had been a last-minute addition, an experiment which had only had partial testing.
  • Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
  • It was a last-minute hunch with him--to settle the matter peaceably.
  • Extract from : « The Alaskan » by James Oliver Curwood
  • Again, as on that memorable fourth of July, eight months before, he was in his room at the Capitol signing the last-minute bills.
  • Extract from : « Lincoln » by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
  • Last-minute recalculations showed that the extra lightness of the new loaf might be great enough to cause drift during stackage.
  • Extract from : « Bread Overhead » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Ella Monahan had a last-minute business appointment, but she promised to be at the dock, somehow, before the boat leaves.
  • Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
  • Allis noted with minute observance each little act in this pantomime of the last-minute plunge.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Then he waited, hoping against all reason that Moera and her organization would bring him a last-minute reprieve.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley

Antonyms for last-minute

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