Meanings
nounlatecomer (plural latecomers)
plural latecomers
- One who has arrived comparatively recently.
The old families in the neighborhood look down on him as a latecomer, his family only arrived in the 18th century, too nouveau for them.
- One who arrived late.
At the party the host made a point of greeting all the latecomers he missed in the first pass.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Catalan tocatardà
- tocatardàone who arrived late
Dutch laatkomer
- laatkomerone who arrived late
Estonian hilineja
- hilinejaone who arrived late
Finnish myöhästyjä, mattimyöhäinen
- myöhästyjäone who arrived late
- mattimyöhäinenone who arrived late
- maijamyöhäinenone who arrived late
French retardataire
- retardataireone who arrived late
German Zuspätkommender, Zuspätkommende
- Zuspätkommenderone who arrived late
- Zuspätkommendeone who arrived late
Irish leastar
- leastarone who arrived late
Italian ritardatario
- ritardatarioone who arrived late
Russian опозда́вший, опозда́вшая
- опозда́вший (opozdávšij)one who arrived late
- опозда́вшая (opozdávšaja)one who arrived late
Spanish tardón
- tardónone who arrived late
Swedish eftersläntrare, senkomling
- eftersläntrareone who arrived late
- senkomlingone who arrived late
Welsh hwyrddyfodiad
- hwyrddyfodiadone who arrived late
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Cite this entry
APA
latecomer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latecomer
MLA
“latecomer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latecomer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “latecomer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latecomer.
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