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| Main Entry: | tardy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | late |
| Synonyms: | backward, belated, delayed, delinquent, dilatory, held up, hung up*, jammed, laggard, overdue, retarded, slack, slow, sluggish, behindhand, dawdling, detained, in a bind, loitering, not arrived, not done, procrastinating, strapped for time, too late, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | early, on time, prompt, punctual, ready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | belated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | late, slow |
| Synonyms: | delayed, overdue, remiss, tardy, behind time, behindhand, long-delayed, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | early, on time, punctual, timely |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irresponsible, defaulting |
| Synonyms: | behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, derelict, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, overdue, red-handed*, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid, defaultant, disregardful, offending, procrastinating |
| Antonyms: | careful, responsible, behaving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | procrastinating |
| Synonyms: | backward, delaying, deliberate, laggard, late, lax, lazy, leisurely, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, tardy, unhurried, behindhand, dallying, lingering, loitering, moratory, putting off, snail-like, tarrying, time-wasting, unhasty |
| Antonyms: | diligent, eager, enthusiastic, ready, zealous, hard-working |
| Main Entry: | lazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive, sluggish |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, comatose, dilatory, drowsy, dull, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, languid, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, neglectful, passive, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, trifling, unconcerned, weary, asleep on the job, dallying, flagging, lagging, languorous, out of it, procrastinating, slow-moving, snoozy, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready |
| Antonyms: | active, diligent, energetic, industrious, lively, hard-working |
| Main Entry: | overdue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | late, behind schedule |
| Synonyms: | belated, delinquent, due, held up*, hung up*, jammed*, mature, outstanding, owing, payable, tardy, unpaid, unsettled, behind time, behindhand, long delayed, not punctual, unpunctual |
| Notes: | overdo means to do something to an excessive degree, while overdue means not paid at the scheduled time or past due |
| Antonyms: | early, paid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reluctant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unenthusiastic, unwilling |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, diffident, discouraged, disinclined, hesitant, hesitating, indisposed, involuntary, laggard, loath, opposed, queasy, recalcitrant, remiss, shy, slack, slow, squeamish, tardy, uncertain, wary, demurring, disheartened, grudging, hanging back, uneager |
| Antonyms: | anxious, eager, enthusiastic, ready, willing |
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | any which way, culpable, daydreaming, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, any old way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, defaultant, disregardful, fainéant, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | unfavorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, calamitous, contrary, damaging, destructive, disadvantageous, hostile, ill, ill-advised, improper, inadvisable, inauspicious, inconvenient, inexpedient, inimical, inopportune, late, low, malapropos, negative, objectionable, ominous, opposed, poor, regrettable, tardy, threatening, troublesome, unfit, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuited, untimely, untoward, wrong, discommodious, infelicitous, unpromising |
| Antonyms: | favorable, friendly, good, nice |
| Main Entry: | late |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not on time |
| Synonyms: | backward, behind, belated, blown*, delayed, dilatory, gone, held up, hung up*, jammed*, overdue, postponed, put off, remiss, slow, strapped*, tardy, behind time, behindhand, eleventh-hour, in a bind, in the lurch, lagging, last-minute, missed the boat, out of luck, stayed, too late, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | early, on time, prompt, punctual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhurried, lazy |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, crawling, creeping, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, listless, measured, moderate, negligent, passive, phlegmatic, ponderous, quiet, reluctant, remiss, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, stagnant, supine, tardy, torpid, dawdling, lagging, loitering, plodding, postponing, procrastinating, slow-moving, snaillike, tortoiselike |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, fast, hurried, quick, rapid |
| Main Entry: | backward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bashful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, demure, diffident, disinclined, hesitant, hesitating, humble, indisposed, late, loath, modest, reluctant, reserved, retiring, shy, sluggish, tardy, timid, unwilling, wavering, uneager |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, forward, precocious, unshy |
| Main Entry: | behind |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in debt; late |
| Synonyms: | backward, belated, delayed, dilatory, laggard, overdue, slow, sluggish, tardy, behind schedule, behind time, behindhand, have to play catch up, in arrears |
| Antonyms: | paid |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interminable, excessive in length |
| Synonyms: | boundless, delayed, diffuse, dilatory, dragging, late, lengthy, limitless, long-winded*, prolix, prolonged, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, wordy, diffusive, drawn-out, for ages, forever and a day, lingering, long-drawn-out, overlong, protracted, without end |
| Antonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, short |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, negligent |
| Synonyms: | careless, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, dormant, dull, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lethargic, neglectful, permissive, quiescent, quiet, regardless, remiss, slothful, slow, sluggish, stagnant, tardy, asleep on the job, behindhand, disregardful, easy-going, faineant, not busy, slow-moving |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, disciplined |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | behind, late |
| Synonyms: | backward, belated, conservative, dead, delayed, dilatory, down, dull, gradual, inactive, low, moderate, off, overdue, prolonged, reduced, slack, sleepy, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tardy, tedious, uneventful, unproductive, behindhand, detained, draggy, hindered, impeded, lingering, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, protracted, time-consuming, unprogressive, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | on time, ready, on cue, waiting |
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| Main Entry: | education |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
self, abecedarian, abiological, academic, accredited, acroatic, apt, basal, brought up at the feet of Gamaliel, chrestomathic, coeducational, collegiate, communicatory, decanal, didactic, didascalic, disciplinal, docile, doctrinal, donnish, educable, educational, educative, emeritus, expository, extracurricular, extramural, fledged, heuristic, in leading strings, inkhorn, instructive, intercollegiate, interscholastic, intramural, learned, misteaching, nod, polytechnic, postdoctoral, postgraduate, predoctoral, professorial, question, scholarly, scholastic, school, studious, tardy, taught, teachable, teaching, tenured, unedifying
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| Main Entry: | lateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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backward, behindhand, belated, cunctative, delayed, dilatory, in abeyance, late, posthumous, slow, tardive, tardy, unpunctual
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| Main Entry: | slowness |
| Part of Speech: | noun1, noun2 |
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Adjectives: |
bradypeptic, costive, creeping, deliberative, dilatory, easy, gentle, gradual, imperceptible, insensible, languid, latrede, leisurely, phlegmatic, slack, slow, slow, snail, tardive, tardy, testudineous
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| Main Entry: | time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
instant, short, Aprilian, Neolithic, acronical, actual, ago, ahead of time, all, alternate, ancient, annual, antiquated, antique, aoristic, aperiodic, archaic, around, atemporal, autumnal, belated, biannual, bicentennial, biennial, bimensal, bimillenary, bimonthly, bissextile, biweekly, brief, by turns, canicular, centennial, chronic, chronogrammatical, chronological, chronometrical, circadian, coeval, concurrent, constant, contemporaneous, contemporary, continual, continuous, current, cyclical, daily, dated, decennial, dendrochronological, diurnal, dominical, duodecennial, enneaeteric, ephemeral, equinoctial, erstwhile, estival, eternal, etesian, everlasting, every other, existing, fore, former, fortnightly, frequent, fugitive, genethliac, gnomonic, gumbled, hebdomad, hebdomadal, hebdomadary, hebetic, hibernal, hodiernal, horal, horary, hourly, immediate, immemorial, imminent, impermanent, infrequent, instantaneous, intercalary, interim, intermediate, intermittent, isochronal, last, last, last, lenten, lifelong, long, long, longstanding, matin, matinal, matutinal, menstrual, millenary, monthly, natalitious, new, night and day, nine, nocturnal, occasional, off, on time, ongoing, parmanent, part, penteteric, periodic, periodical, perpetual, plurennial, postpartum, preceding, prehistoric, preliminary, preprandial, present, present, previous, primaveral, primeval, prior, protracted, punctual, quadrennial, quarterly, quincentennial, quindecennial, quinquennial, quotennial, quotidian, rare, recent, recurrent, recurring, regular, regular as clockwork, remittent, remote, retrospective, rhythmical, round, seasonal, secular, seely, semiannual, semicentennial, semidiurnal, semimonthly, semipermanent, semiweekly, semiyearly, sempiternal, septennial, septimanal, serial, serotinal, sometime, sporadic, spur, stoundmeal, subsequent, successive, sudden, summary, tardy, temporal, temporary, terminal, tertian, that is, thitherto
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