Antonyms for late

Antonyms of adj late

7 senses of late

Sense 1:

late (vs. early) (vs. middle)

early (vs. middle) (vs. late)
aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordialadvance(prenominal), beforehand(predicate)archean, archaeanarcheozoic, archaeozoicazoicearlier, earliestearlyishpremature, untimelyprevious(predicate), prematureproterozoicproto(prenominal)weemiddle (vs. late) (vs. early)
interveningmid(prenominal)

Sense 2:

belated, late, tardy

INDIRECT (VIA unpunctual) -> punctual

Sense 3:

late(prenominal), recent

INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present
INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future

Sense 4:

late(prenominal)

INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> alive, live

Sense 5:

late (vs. early) (vs. middle)

early (vs. middle) (vs. late)
Oldmiddle (vs. late) (vs. early)

Sense 6:

late (vs. early), later(prenominal)

early (vs. late)
archaic, primitivenew, youngcrude, primitive, rudeembryonic, embryoticincipient, inchoateprecocious

Sense 7:

former(prenominal), late(prenominal), previous(prenominal)

INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present
INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future

Antonyms of adv late

1 of 4 senses of late

Sense 1:

late, belatedly, tardily
Antonym of early (Sense 2)
=>early, ahead of time, too soon