late riser

noun

Someone who gets up late in the morning.

Opposite
early birdearly riser
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Meanings

nounlate riser (plural late risers)

plural late risers

  1. Someone who gets up late in the morning.

    One oddity of the Scottish Region timetable is that the special page (52) devoted to the "Midday Scot" shows, among other meal prices, that of breakfast, on trains beginning their journeys at 1.30 p.m. Some Scots (or Sassenachs) would appear to be late risers!

    1963 June, “British Railways Summer Timetables: Scottish Region improves connections with Kings Cross”, in Modern Railways, page 382

    Antonyms: early bird, early riser

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who gets up late in the morning.

Opposite
early birdearly riser
Also see
slugabed

Translations

Catalan tocatardà
  • tocatardàsomeone who gets up late
Finnish aamutorkku, aamuntorkku
  • aamutorkkusomeone who gets up late
  • aamuntorkkusomeone who gets up late
French lève-tard
  • lève-tardsomeone who gets up late
German Langschläfer, Langschläferin
  • Langschläfersomeone who gets up late
  • Langschläferinsomeone who gets up late
  • Spätaufstehersomeone who gets up late
  • Spätaufsteherinsomeone who gets up late
Māori tohetaka
  • tohetakasomeone who gets up late
Swedish sjusovare, sjusoverska
  • sjusovaresomeone who gets up late
  • sjusoverskasomeone who gets up late
Cite this entry
APA

late riser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/late%20riser

MLA

“late riser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/late%20riser. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “late riser,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/late%20riser.

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