After hours
After hours adverb - Not during regular hours.
Late and after hours are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Late" with "After hours", this terms are similar.
Late
Late adverb - After the due, usual, or proper time.
After hours and late are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "After hours" instead an adverb "Late".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Along comes Troy Borren, a young Space Elevator worker who is late filing a report, so he breaks into the building after hours in order to claim that he filed the report on-time.
Source: Mistaken Confession - We Are Scientists sang about how great it is to stay out as late as possible and drink in After Hours.
Source: Ode to Intoxication -
After Hours takes a more absurdist approach to the trope by following the surreal misadventures of a man who gets hooked up on a blind date one night, only to find himself lost in the weird environment of Greenwich Village late at night.
Source: The Big Rotten Apple
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Late or After hours. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/after_hours/late.
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