Definition for Overdue:

• [= o]- v[. e]r-d[= u]', adj. due beyond the time: unpaid at the right time.

Synonyms for Overdue:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • overdue.
  •back (adjective)
  • most elapsed,
  • over due,
  • over-due,
  • more elapsed.
  •belated (adjective)
  • more long-delayed,
  • be-lated,
  • most longdelayed,
  • more longdelayed,
  • un-punctual,
  • un punctual,
  • more long delayed,
  • most long delayed,
  • most unpunctual,
  • most long-delayed,
  • more unpunctual,
  • longdelayed,
  • be lated.
  •delinquent (adjective)
  • re prehensible,
  • more behind,
  • red handed,
  • neglectful,
  • redhanded,
  • most defaultant,
  • de relict,
  • de-relict,
  • most behind,
  • re-prehensible,
  • more defaultant,
  • dis-regardful,
  • most procrastinating,
  • most offending,
  • lax,
  • more procrastinating,
  • dis regardful,
  • more offending.
  •due (adjective)
  • most collectible,
  • to be paid,
  • more unliquidated,
  • more collectible,
  • most unliquidated,
  • un-satisfied,
  • un-liquidated,
  • un liquidated,
  • un satisfied.
  •late, behind schedule (adjective)
  • mature,
  • owing,
  • outstanding,
  • not punctual,
  • held up,
  • hung up,
  • tardy,
  • jammed.
  •outstanding (adjective)
  • out standing,
  • un collected,
  • most uncollected,
  • more uncollected,
  • re maining,
  • re-maining,
  • un-resolved,
  • un resolved,
  • un-collected.
  •owing (adjective)
  • in debt,
  • attributable.
  •ripe (adjective)
  • fullfledged,
  • most ripened,
  • in creased,
  • welltimed,
  • full blown,
  • pre-pared,
  • most full fledged,
  • in-creased,
  • pre pared,
  • full fledged,
  • fullblown,
  • ripe,
  • more fullfledged,
  • more full fledged,
  • more ripened.
  •slow (adjective)
  • impeded,
  • slowest,
  • gradual,
  • draggy,
  • time-consuming.
  •tardy (adjective)
  • more loitering,
  • more dawdling,
  • more laggard,
  • not done,
  • most dawdling,
  • most laggard,
  • most loitering.
  •unpaid (adjective)
  • not discharged,
  • past due,
  • Undefrayed.
  •unsettled (adjective)
  • un-determined,
  • un clear,
  • un-settled,
  • betwixt between,
  • more pendent,
  • un-clear,
  • more unfixed,
  • more waffling,
  • un settled,
  • un-fixed,
  • un clearest,
  • most waffling,
  • un-decided,
  • un-clearest,
  • dubitable,
  • un fixed,
  • most unfixed,
  • un decided.

• adv.

  •behind (adverb)
  • have play catch up.

• n.

  •
  • archive,
  • art gallery,
  • annals,
  • accession,
  • archivist,
  • carrel,
  • card catalog,
  • audience,
  • bookmobile.
  •
  • arrive,
  • baby shower,
  • antenatal,
  • bear,
  • baby blues,
  • amniotic fluid,
  • anti-choice,
  • amniocentesis,
  • birth,
  • the afterbirth.
  •
  • at the last moment/minute,
  • be out of time,
  • past,
  • running late,
  • not a moment too soon.
  •in arrears (noun)
  • arrears.
  •nonpayment (noun)
  • nonpayment,
  • default,
  • indebtedness,
  • welsh,
  • overdraft,
  • overdraw,
  • shortfall.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ex gratia,
  • pro rata,
  • last minute,
  • unsatisfied,
  • cashless,
  • paid-up,
  • unpaid,
  • PPC,
  • compensatory,
  • stipendiary,
  • downstream,
  • belatedly.
  •
  • returnable,
  • tributary,
  • get behind,
  • nonrefundable,
  • unearned.
  •
  • privately,
  • up front,
  • hourly.
  •
  • publicly.
  •
  • get on.
  •
  • flat.
  •
  • clear.
  •exposed
  • endangered.

Paraphrases for Overdue:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    past-due, belated.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    long-overdue.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    arrears, long-awaited, back-value, Defaulted, backward, tardy, awaited, undelivered, vanquished, unpaid, pending, unresolved, off-track, Non-payment, anticipated, conquered, expected, backwardness, non-submission, obsolete, hoped-for, time-consuming, necessary, lagging.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Deficiencies.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    retarded, outdated.

Antonyms for Overdue:

• adj.

  • late, behind schedule
    on time, paid, early, settled, punctual.
  • Other antonyms:
    deficient, seasonable, modest, insufficient, moderate, timely, untimely, inopportune, reasonable, opportune, undue, prompt, unseasonable, temperate, inadequate, middling, prepaid, minimal, minimum, cleared, precocious.

Overdue Sentence Examples:

• It had arrived the previous evening, and was several days overdue, owing to Hesketh's erratic postal provisions as set forward above.

• I didn't answer; I did not understand; I wanted to tell him I did not care, because the Lion was posted as overdue and Seraphina was drowned.

Homophones for Overdue:

• overdo.