What is another word for tardy?
447 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɑːdi], [ tˈɑːdi], [ t_ˈɑː_d_i]
The word "tardy" means late or delayed. If you're looking for synonyms for "tardy," you might want to try "belated," "delayed," "behind schedule," or "late." "Delayed" and "behind schedule" refer to a delay in the expected timeline, while "late" and "belated" describe something that has happened later than when it was expected. Other synonyms for "tardy" include "unpunctual," "sluggish," "slack," and "lax." Each of these words carries its own connotations, so choose the one that best fits your desired meaning. Regardless of your choice, all these synonyms convey the same essence: something happened over a delayed or extended period.
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Similar words for tardy:
- backward (adjective)
- belated (adjective)
- delinquent (adjective)
- dilatory (adjective)
- late (adjective)
- lazy (adjective)
- long (adjective)
- long-drawn-out (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- overdue (adjective)
- reluctant (adjective)
- remiss (adjective)
- slack (adjective)
- slow (adjective)
- slow-footed (adjective)
- slow-going (adjective)
- slow-paced (adjective)
- unadvantageous (adjective)
- unfavorable (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- behind (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Tardy:
adj.
• backward (adjective)- un-eager,
- un willing,
- de mure,
- re-tiring,
- de-mure,
- most uneager,
- re served,
- re-served,
- dis inclined,
- in-disposed,
- un eager,
- more uneager,
- re tiring,
- un-willing,
- in disposed,
- dis-inclined.
- most long delayed,
- be lated,
- more long delayed,
- more unpunctual,
- most long-delayed,
- most longdelayed,
- longdelayed,
- un punctual,
- more longdelayed,
- be-lated,
- most unpunctual,
- more long-delayed,
- un-punctual.
- dis-regardful,
- neglectful,
- unpaid,
- most defaultant,
- more defaultant,
- re-prehensible,
- dis regardful,
- more offending,
- lax,
- most offending,
- most procrastinating,
- de relict,
- red handed,
- most behind,
- more behind,
- un-paid,
- re prehensible,
- un paid,
- more procrastinating,
- redhanded,
- de-relict.
- Detained,
- in a bind,
- latest,
- out of luck,
- dawdling,
- held up,
- not done,
- jammed,
- too late,
- eleventh-hour,
- last-minute,
- retarded,
- in the lurch,
- not arrived,
- missed the boat,
- outdated,
- hung up,
- strapped for time,
- untimely,
- Loitering.
- more unindustrious,
- in attentive,
- slow moving,
- un-energetic,
- most slow moving,
- unpersevering,
- snooziest,
- slowmoving,
- most unindustrious,
- un persevering,
- in different,
- un energetic,
- most slowmoving,
- in-attentive,
- un-persevering,
- un ready,
- un-ready,
- out it,
- more unready,
- more slow-moving,
- more slow moving,
- more unenergetic,
- asleep the job,
- more unpersevering,
- unindustrious,
- most slow-moving,
- most unpersevering,
- most unenergetic,
- un concerned,
- most unready,
- in-different,
- more slowmoving,
- somnolent,
- un industrious,
- asleep job,
- un-industrious,
- snoozier,
- un-concerned.
- diffusive,
- Overlong,
- without end,
- longwinded,
- for ages,
- long-drawn-out,
- over-long,
- forever and a day.
- slow-moving,
- unpunctual,
- overdue,
- asleep on the job,
- unenergetic,
- out of it,
- woolgathering,
- slack,
- asleep on job,
- long delayed,
- remiss,
- any old way,
- unpromising,
- unfavorable,
- reluctant,
- long,
- unready,
- snoozy,
- backward,
- delinquent,
- out-standing,
- not punctual,
- lazy,
- uneager,
- defaultant,
- unadvantageous,
- long-delayed,
- Discommodious,
- asleep at switch,
- slowgoing,
- belated,
- slow.
- more grudging,
- most demurring,
- most grudging,
- more demurring,
- dis-heartened,
- more disheartened,
- most disheartened,
- in voluntary,
- in-voluntary,
- dis heartened.
- more woolgathering,
- more daydreaming,
- asleep switch,
- un interested,
- un-interested,
- most woolgathering,
- un-mindful,
- most daydreaming.
- more unpromising,
- un timeliest,
- un friendlier,
- in auspicious,
- in-expedient,
- un-fit,
- in opportune,
- dis-advantageous,
- in felicitous,
- un-timely,
- un-luckier,
- un luckier,
- in expedient,
- un-friendlier,
- un-friendliest,
- in-auspicious,
- un-suited,
- in convenient,
- un timelier,
- un promising,
- dis commodious,
- dis-commodious,
- un-seemliest,
- un timely,
- un-lucky,
- un-seasonable,
- illadvised,
- un seemly,
- in-convenient,
- un luckiest,
- un fortunate,
- un suited,
- un seemlier,
- un-favorable,
- un favorable,
- un-timeliest,
- un seasonable,
- un propitious,
- more discommodious,
- un-fortunate,
- un-friendly,
- in-advisable,
- dis advantageous,
- in advisable,
- most discommodious,
- un-promising,
- in-opportune,
- un lucky,
- most unpromising,
- un-seemlier,
- in-felicitous,
- un seemliest,
- un friendliest,
- un-timelier.
adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb)adv.
• behind (adverb) • Other relevant words: (adverb)n.
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•
- drop out,
- enroll,
- entrance,
- audit,
- absenteeism,
- board,
- enrollment,
- attend,
- attendance,
- absence.
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•
- time,
- past,
- belatedly,
- be out of time,
- not a moment too soon,
- at the last moment/minute,
- running late,
- last minute.
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•
- indolent,
- idle,
- fast,
- slothful,
- supine,
- shiftless,
- half-assed,
- lackadaisical.
Other synonyms:
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- slow-footed,
- slow-going,
- slow-paced,
- poky.
- late.
- insensible,
- retard,
- Postdated,
- revivify,
- dandy,
- buss,
- deferred,
- tedious,
- gentle,
- former,
- later,
- rejected,
- reinvigorate,
- languid,
- posthumous,
- freshen,
- out,
- tasteless,
- barge,
- washed-up,
- lagging,
- obstructed,
- postponed,
- clipper,
- defer,
- set back,
- imperceptible,
- recreate,
- slower,
- Snail-paced,
- boat,
- yawl,
- invigorate,
- sloop,
- hoy,
- easy,
- sluggishly,
- deliberately,
- nameless,
- outmoded,
- parachronistic,
- snaillike,
- diffidently,
- tardigrade,
- tardily,
- latish,
- draw down,
- hated,
- drowsy,
- largo,
- gradually,
- final,
- unimportant,
- slowed down,
- Inertly,
- lateness,
- slider,
- deep,
- gradual,
- renew,
- lately,
- glacial,
- unknown,
- cutter,
- smack,
- dully,
- inconspicuous,
- corvette,
- Abated,
- unfashionable,
- stopped,
- adagio,
- heavy,
- backwards,
- inactive,
- adjourn,
- quicken,
- leisurely,
- renovate,
- dead,
- pokey,
- recent,
- reluctantly,
- blocked,
- postpone,
- resuscitate,
- Misdated,
- moderate,
- laggardly,
- obscure,
- revive,
- past due,
- abate,
- insignificant,
- tardiness,
- arrested,
- Backwardly,
- slackly,
- lugger,
- Indistinguished,
- disliked,
- Delaying,
- foist,
- bashfully,
- ahead of time,
- recover,
- dull,
- slacken,
- restore,
- lingering,
- unhurried,
- reptatorial,
- tediously,
- despised,
- torpidly,
- anonymous,
- unhurriedly,
- unseasonable,
- retrogradely,
- checked,
- refresh,
- andante,
- impeded,
- ketch,
- unwary,
- slow as molasses in January,
- Aversely,
- unpopular,
- unexceptional,
- anachronistic,
- dated,
- detested,
- deliberate,
- previous,
- dillydallying,
- Dallying,
- beforehand,
- reanimate,
- crawling,
- poking,
- delayed action,
- back,
- dragging,
- in abeyance,
- phlegmatic,
- cat,
- lento,
- Antedated,
- absent,
- serotine,
- creeping,
- comply.
How to use "Tardy" in context?
There has been much debate and concern lately over the issue of late arrival to work. The fact of the matter is that tardiness has become a widespread problem in today's society. The reasons for tardiness are many and varied, but there is no doubt that it can have negative consequences for both the individual and the workplace.
Tardiness costs companies money in the form of missed production, lost time off work, and additional expenses associated with late arrivals. It also wastes the time of both managers and employees. More importantly, it can lead to negative evaluations, disciplinary action, and even firing.
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