behind time

be·hind time

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bih-hahynd tahym]
- /bɪˈhaɪnd taɪm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bih-hahynd tahym]
- /bɪˈhaɪnd taɪm/

Definitions of behind time words

noun behind time late 3
preposition behind time (Idiomatic) Late, arriving late. 0

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Parts of speech for Behind time

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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behind time popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for behind time

adv behind time

laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
belated — A belated action happens later than it should have done.

adj behind time

remiss — negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.: He's terribly remiss in his work.
unpunctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
blown — Blown is the past participle of blow1.
gone — past participle of go1 .

All 39 Synonyms of behind time

Antonyms for behind time

adv behind time

front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
punctually — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.

adj behind time

on time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
timely — occurring at a suitable time; seasonable; opportune; well-timed: a timely warning.
early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
prompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.

All 13 Antonyms of behind time

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