Roget's Thesaurus

#133. Lateness

Nouns

lateness etc. adj.; tardiness etc. (slowness) 275. delay, delation; cunctation, procrastination; deferring, deferral etc. v.; postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution; protraction, prolongation; Fabian policy, medecine expectante [Fr.], chancery suit, federal case; leeway; high time; moratorium, holdover.

Verbs

be late etc. adj.; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle etc. (be inactive) 683; linger, loiter; bide one's time, take one's time; gain time; hang fire; stand over, lie over. put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table [Parl.]; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve etc. (store) 636; temporize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it. lose an opportunity etc. 135; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick one's heels, cool one's heels; faire antichambre [Fr.]; wait impatiently; await etc. (expect) 507; sit up, sit up at night.

Adjectives

late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely; delayed, postponed; dilatory etc. (slow) 275; delayed etc. v.; in abeyance.

Adverbs

late; lateward, backward; late in the day; at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last; ultimately; after time, behind time, after the deadline; too late; too late for etc. 135. slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure; ex post facto; sine die.

Phrases

nonum prematur in annum [Lat.] [Horace]; against the sunbeams serotine and lucent [Longfellow]; ie meglio tardi che mai [It.]; deliberando saepe perit occasio [Lat.] [Syrus].