tardy

Meaning

Adj

1. Late; overdue or delayed.
2. Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
3. Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.
4. (obsolete) Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).
5. (obsolete) Criminal; guilty.

Noun

1. A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
2. An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.

Verb

To make tardy.

Synonyms

late

slow

sluggish

belated

overdue

inactive

dilatory

delayed

retarded

dull

slothful

tardily

laggard

behindhand

lazy

indolent

nugatory

obsolete

old-fashioned

out-of-date

powerless

procrastinating

slack

sloughy

slow-witted

tantalizing

torpid

unseasonable

untimely

arrive late

lazy fellow

tantalising

not quick enough

feel impatient

slow-moving

backward

punchless

behind

be late

belatedly

delaying

feckless

impotent

ineffective

inopportune

irritating

lagging

lated

leisurely

listless

loiterer

loitering

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɑːdi/

Etymology

From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.