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Synonyms for punctual
ˈpʌŋk tʃu əlpunc·tu·al

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.3 / 4 votes

  1. punctual

    Synonyms:
    exact, prompt, early, timely

    Antonyms:
    safe, tardy, behindhand, be, lated, dilatory, unpunctual

Princeton's WordNet4.3 / 4 votes

  1. punctualadjective

    acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed

    "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"

    Antonyms:
    late, tardy, last-minute, nighted, unpunctual, belated, behindhand, benighted

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. punctualadjective

    Synonyms:
    nice, exact, PUNCTILIOUS

  2. punctualadjective

    Synonyms:
    prompt, seasonable, timely

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "punctual":

    one-time, point-in-time, timely, one-off

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#801early
#3402exact
#6362timely
#6394prompt
#55222punctual

How to use punctual in a sentence?

  1. Steve Pavlina:

    If you aren’t chronically well-organized, punctual, and dependable, rest assured you’re competing with someone who is.

  2. Franklin P. Jones:

    The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.

  3. Esteban Gottfried:

    The building is in a process of becoming a hub for social, cultural and spiritual events, including - but not exclusively - Jewish studies, and Shabbat and Holidays celebrations such as our Musical Kabbalot Shabbat, for now, it was a punctual collaboration that Beit Tefilah Israeli was hosted at the place. The social entrepreneurs behind this are just at the beginning of setting the content of the future Center.

  4. C. C. Colton:

    The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.


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