Definition for Lateness:

• The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.

Synonyms for Lateness:

• n.

  •
  • protraction,
  • slowness,
  • retardation,
  • late date,
  • advanced hour,
  • backwardness,
  • prolongation,
  • delay.
  •
  • time.
  •attribute (noun)
  • lateness.
  •belatedness (noun)
  • tardiness.
  •untimeliness (noun)
  • inconvenience,
  • inexpedience,
  • inauspiciousness,
  • prematurity,
  • inopportuneness,
  • infelicity.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • belatedness.

Paraphrases for Lateness:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    lag, lags, progress, slowness, Delaying.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    delay, tardiness, backwardness, backlog, retardation, slippage, timeliness.

Antonyms for Lateness:

• n.

  • attribute
    earliness.
  • belatedness
    anticipation, promptness.
  • Other antonyms:
    prematurity, promptitude, prematureness.

Lateness Sentence Examples:

• Good tillage tends to increase the lateness of a crop by encouraging growth.

• It was impossible to believe that any woman working in the fields could have left her cradle there; the chilliness of the evening, the lateness of the hour, the solitude of the secluded place, would not permit such a thought.

Homophones for Lateness:

• latinize, lilting, latinise, letting, leading, litmus, lay witness, loudness, looting, Lowell Thomas, loathing, latinesce, loading, lading, latency, lutyens, lewdness, lieutenancy, lithomancy, litheness, luting.

Hypernym for Lateness:

• n.

  • attribute
    subsequence, subsequentness, posteriority.

Hyponym for Lateness:

• n.

  • attribute
    timing.