Late
Behind time
Synonyms: Behind time, behind, not on time, tardy, overdue, delayed, belated, dilatory, behind schedule, behindhand, unpunctual, running late, long-overdue, long-delayed, and slow.
Dead
Synonyms: Dead, departed, passed on/away, expired, extinct, deceased, lamented, lost, gone, and perished.
Previous
Synonyms: Previous, former, prior, as was, one-time, erstwhile, defunct, foregoing, ci-devant, whilom, preceding, past, earlier, sometime, ex-, old, precedent, no longer extant, and quondam.
Behind schedule
Synonyms: Behind schedule, behindhand, belatedly, at the last minute, dilatorily, recently, behind time, unpunctually, tardily, at the tail end, and slowly.
Example Sentences
He arrived late, missing the crucial meeting.
The train was late by seven minutes.
She apologized for being late to dinner.
It's late; we should head home now.