Overdue and Previous

Overdue

Overdue adjective - Not arriving, or occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.

Previous and overdue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Previous" instead an adjective "Overdue".

Previous

Previous adjective - Going before another in time or order.

Overdue and previous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overdue" instead an adjective "Previous".

Nearby Word: previously

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Scatterbrained Senior Late in season four, Jules takes her father to the doctor for what she thinks is an overdue physical only to discover he'd already gone the previous month and forgot about it.
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Previous and Overdue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/overdue/previous
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