arriving late
Missing the start
Arriving late means showing up after the expected or scheduled time.
The phrase carries connotations of inconvenience or rudeness—She's always arriving late to meetings—though context determines severity.
Arriving fashionably late suggests deliberate, socially acceptable tardiness at parties or gatherings.
- tardyArriving past due
- delayedMade to wait longer
- overduePast expected arrival
- behindAt the rear
- rushingRapid forward movement
stuck in traffic · apologetic · making excuses · excuse · traffic · missed the bus · missed · clock · waiting · impatient · fashionably · scrambling · flustered · breathless · sneaking · sneak in · tiptoe · door
- meeting problemsno decisions, interrupting, rambling, off-topic, tangents
- audience behaviorcheering, clapping, booing, standing ovation, applause
- partyingparty animal, socializing, bachelor party, mingling, bachelorette
- RSVP responsesyes, no, maybe, accept, decline
timeliness
arriving latepunctuality
Being on time
early arrival · timeliness · beating the clock · ahead of schedule · promptness
arriving, late, arrive, arrives, arrived, arrival, arrivals, later, latest