What does latecomer mean?
Latecomer means One who has arrived comparatively recently..
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/ˈleɪtˌkʌm.ə/ · noun
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.
At the party the host made a point of greeting all the latecomers he missed in the first pass.
Use latecomer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Latecomer means One who has arrived comparatively recently..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include earlycomer.
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.
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