latecomer

Plural: latecomers

Noun

• someone who arrives late
• One who has arrived comparatively recently.
• One who arrived late.

Examples

• At the party the host made a point of greeting all the latecomers he missed in the first pass.
• 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.

Antonyms

earlycomer

Related Words

Johnny-come-lately, late to the party