Synonyms of the word

late

• adj. Near the end of a period of time.
• adj. Specifically, near the end of the day.
• adj. (usually not used comparatively) Associated with the end of a period.
• adj. Not arriving until after an expected time.
• adj. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
• adj. (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions…
• adj. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
• adj. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
• n. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
• adv. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
• adv. formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.

advanced

• v. simple past tense and past participle of advance.
• adj. At or close to the state of the art.
• adj. Enhanced.
• adj. Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
• adj. In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
• adj. (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
• adj. (Philippine English) (Of a clock or watch) Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.

after-hours

• adj. Taking place after legal closing time.

belated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of belate.
• adj. Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

belatedly

• adv. In a belated manner; tardily.

dead

• adj. (not comparable) No longer living.
• adj. (hyperbolic) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
• adj. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
• adj. Without emotion.
• adj. Stationary; static.
• adj. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
• adj. Unproductive.
• adj. (not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; without power; without…
• adj. (not comparable) Broken or inoperable.
• adj. (not comparable) No longer used or required.
• adj. (engineering) Not imparting motion or power.
• adj. (not comparable, sports) Not in play.
• adj. (not comparable, golf, of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in…
• adj. (not comparable, baseball, slang, 1800s) Tagged out.
• adj. (not comparable) Full and complete.
• adj. (not comparable) Exact.
• adj. Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
• adj. (informal) (Certain to be) in big trouble.
• adj. Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.
• adj. (obsolete) Bringing death; deadly.
• adj. (law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
• adv. (degree) Exactly right.
• adv. (degree) Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly.
• adv. As if dead.
• n. (uncountable, singular only, often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
• n. (plural, with "the") Those who have died.
• v. (transitive) To prevent by disabling; stop.
• v. (transitive) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
• v. (Britain, transitive, slang) To kill.

deep

• adj. (heading, of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
• adj. (heading, intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
• adj. (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
• adj. (of a color) Dark and highly saturated.
• adj. (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
• adj. Immersed, submerged (in).
• adj. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
• adv. Deeply.
• n. (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
• n. (rare) A deep shade of colour.
• n. (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
• n. (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.

former

• adj. Previous.
• adj. First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
• n. Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
• n. An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
• n. (chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).

lately

• adv. Recently; not long ago.

later

• adv. comparative form of late: more late.
• adv. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
• adv. At some unspecified time in the future.
• adj. comparative form of late: more late.
• adj. Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
• adj. At some time in the future.
• interj. (slang) See you later; goodbye.

latish

• adj. (informal) Somewhat late.

latterly

• adv. (obsolete) Recently; to have occurred a short time before.

past

• n. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
• n. (grammar) The past tense.
• adj. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
• adj. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
• adj. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
• adj. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
• adv. in a direction that passes.
• adv. Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
• prep. beyond in place, quantity or time.

posthumous

• adj. (originally) Born after the death of one's father.
• adj. After the death of someone.
• adj. Taking place after one's own death.
• adj. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.

previous

• adj. Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
• adj. (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
• n. (informal, Britain) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions"); loosely, a track record…

recent

• adj. Having happened a short while ago.
• adj. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
• adj. Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
• adj. In long-view scientific usage, particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy, may refer to events…
• adj. In geology and and astronomy, "Recent", capitalised, has often been used as an exact synonym for "Holocene",…

recently

• adv. In the recent past; newly; lately; freshly; not long since.

ripe

• adj. (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature;.
• adj. (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
• adj. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
• adj. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
• adj. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
• adj. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
• adj. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
• adj. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by…
• adj. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
• n. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
• v. To ripen or mature.
• n. The bank of a river.

tardily

• adv. in a tardy fashion; belatedly; late.
• adv. slowly.

tardive

• adj. (medicine) belated (of symptoms etc.).

tardy

• adj. Late; overdue or delayed.
• adj. Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dullard.
• adj. Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
• adj. (obsolete) Unwary; unready.
• adj. (obsolete) Criminal; guilty.
• n. (US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
• n. (US) An instance of a student being marked as tardy by a teacher in his or her attendance sheet.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make tardy.

unpunctual

• adj. Not punctual.