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punctual

/ˈpʌŋktjʊəl/adjective

Arriving or doing things exactly at the agreed time.

Example sentences

  • “Our neighbor is always punctual, so we worried when he was an hour late.”
  • “Please be punctual, because the bus will leave at exactly eight o'clock.”

Describes people, trains, and payments. The noun is 'punctuality', a quality job ads still ask for.

Featured as word of the day on April 3, 2026.

Synonyms for punctual

Antonyms

  • late
  • tardy
  • unpunctual

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