ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Phr. no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner; tout vient a temps pour qui
sait attendre [Fr.].
132a. Punctuality -- N. punctuality, promptness, immediateness.
V. be prompt, be on time, be in time; arrive on time; be in the nick of time.
Adj. timely, seasonable, in time, punctual, prompt.
Adv. on time, punctually, at the deadline, precisely, exactly; right on time, to the minute;
in time; in good time, in military time, in pudding time † , in due time; time enough; with
no time to spare, by a hair's breadth.
Phr. touch and go, not a minute too soon, in the nick of time, just under the wire, get on
board before the train leaves the station.
133. Lateness -- N. {ant.
132} lateness &c adj.; tardiness &c (slowness) 275.
delay, delation; cunctation, procrastination; deferring, deferral &c 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.
V. be late &c adj.; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle &c (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 &c (store) 636; temporize; consult one's pillow, sleep
on it.
lose an opportunity &c 135; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick one's heels, cool
one's heels; faire antichambre [Fr.]; wait impatiently; await &c (expect) 507; sit up, sit
up at night.
Adj. late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine † , belated, postliminious † , posthumous,
backward, unpunctual, untimely; delayed, postponed; dilatory &c (slow) 275; delayed &c
v.; in abeyance.
Adv. 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 &c 135.
slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure; ex post facto; sine die.
Phr. 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].
134. Occasion -- N. {ant.
135} timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room; event (eventuality) 151;
suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time; high time; opportuneness &c
adj.; tempestivity † .
crisis, turn, juncture, conjuncture; crisis, turning point, given time.
nick of time; golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine opportunity, favorable
opportunity, opening; clear stage, fair field; mollia tempora [Lat.]; fata Morgana [Lat.];
spare time &c (leisure) 685.