tardy (adjective) tardy: late
Sinonime: backward, behindhand,
belated, dawdling,
delayed,
delinquent, detained,
dilatory, held up, hung up, in a bind, jammed, laggard, loitering, not arrived, not done, overdue, procrastinating,
retarded,
slack,
slow,
sluggish, strapped for time, too late, unpunctual
Antonime: early,
on time,
prompt,
punctual,
ready