coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time

belated birthday greetings.

late, delayed, or detained

We started the meeting without the belated representative.

Archaic . obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date

a belated view of world politics.

Archaic . overtaken by darkness or night.

adjective

early , on time , punctual , timely

adjective

behindhand , behind time , delayed , long-delayed , overdue , remiss , tardy , unpunctual , deferred , late