Synonyms of belated
75 similar words · 1 opposite word
Another word for belated is overdue. Other synonyms of belated are tardy and tardive. The opposite of belated is unbelated.
Synonyms and similar words for belated
adjectiveAffected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by...
adjectiveLater in relation to the proper time which something should have happened; specifically, delayed...
adjectiveSlow to learn or to adopt a trend; hence, lacking education or sophistication; benighted...
- uneducatedNot educated.
- benightedOvertaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
- cimmerian
- clueless
- foolish
- ignorant
- ill-informedPoorly informed; ignorant.
- illiterate
- innocent
- nescient
- oblivious
- philistine derogatory
- tenebrose figuratively
- unaware
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unenlightenedNot enlightened; ignorant in general or of some particular fact.
- uneruditeNot erudite; uneducated.
- uninformed
- unknowing
- unknowledgeableLacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.
- unlearned
- unlearnt
- unlettered
- unmindful
- unread
- unscholarlyNot scholarly.
- unschooled
- untaught
- untrainedLacking training, not having been instructed in something.
- untutoredUntrained, not taught or educated in a field of knowledge.
- unwitting
- artless
- callow
- childlike
- verdant
- credulous
- dewy-eyed
- cute
- fleeceableAble to be fleeced; naive and gullible.
- foppoteeA simpleton.
- green
- guilelessFree from guile; honest but naive.
- ingenuous
- jejune
- Panglossian
- PanglossicSynonym of Panglossian.
- quaint
- simple
- simple-hearted
- simple-minded
- starry-eyedHaving naively optimistic hopes or outlooks.
- unaffected
- undesigningHaving no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; ingenuous.
- unpretentiousSimple, humble, not pretentious, plain.
- unsophisticatedNot sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
- untestedNot previously tested.
- unworldly
- wide-eyed
- immature
- born yesterday
- wet behind the earsInexperienced; just beginning; immature (especially in judgment).
- virgin
- lack-learning obsoleteIgnorant.
- lay obsolete
- lewd obsolete
- loreless archaicWithout lore or learning; uneducated.
Opposite of belated
adjectiveAffected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by...
- unbelatedNot belated.
Meaning of belated
- adjective Affected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by night; caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination”).
- adjective Later in relation to the proper time which something should have happened; specifically, delayed beyond the proper time.
- adjective Slow to learn or to adopt a trend; hence, lacking education or sophistication; benighted, unenlightened, unsophisticated.
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Questions about synonyms of belated
- What is another word for belated?
- Belated has 75 synonyms on Word.ws, such as overdue, tardy and tardive.
- What is the opposite of belated?
- The opposite of belated is unbelated.
- What does belated mean?
- Belated means affected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by night; caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination”).
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