on time

1. 1.

   at the expected or proper time

   “she always arrives on time”

   Synonymspunctually

Questions about on time

What does on time mean?

on time means "acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for on time?

Close synonyms include punctual, punctually. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is on time a common word?

on time is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.